The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency invites small public water systems to participate as Small Entity Representatives (SERs) providing advice and recommendations to a Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) Panel. Self-nominations may be submitted through the link below and must be received by August 23, 2024. Learn more HERE.
The Colorado Water Quality Control Division routinely requests surface water quality data from specific basins for the development of the 303(d) List of Impaired Waters and Monitoring and Evaluation List (Regulation 93). There is no watershed basin of focus in 2024; however, the division is updating the secondary water supply data library. This library is used to assess the parameters of dissolved iron, dissolved manganese, and sulfate. The division is not specifically requesting assessment-related data at this time, but basin-specific data will be requested again starting next year. Submit data or learn more HERE.
Scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Southwest Climate Hub and California Climate Hub have developed a browsable map-based tool that addresses water scarcity in the U.S. Southwest. The Water Adaptation Techniques Atlas (WATA) consolidates over 200 case studies on research and practices that water managers and producers can use to find location-specific and topical information to make informed decisions regarding water management.
The EPA has released a Community Water System Service Area Boundaries map to describe the geographic area that receives drinking water from a given community water system. Knowing these boundaries help to connect water system data (such as, compliance status) with data about the populations that drink the water (such as, demographics). Ultimately, this data can be used to improve drinking water planning, environmental justice analysis, emergency response, and more. The service area boundary dataset includes both modeled and actual boundaries available for some states.
The EPA has released an experimental Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms Forecasting Research tool where researchers are working on ways to forecast when and where cyanoHABs may form. The data on this page are from a beta test of an experimental cyanoHAB forecasting model. Learn more HERE.