TEST Compilation of Presentation Slides and Materials from All National Training Workshops on Water Quality Data, Assessment, and Plans

CWA 303(d) Program Goals and Policy Implementation

Overviews
- Introduction to the Clean Water Act Section 303(d) Program and Vision – Traci Iott (CT) and Rosaura Conde (EPA HQ) [2024]
- Introduction to the Clean Water Act Section 303(d) Program and Vision – Traci Iott (CT) and Rosaura Conde (EPA HQ) [2023]
- CWA 303(d) 101 – Traci Iott (CT) and Rosaura Conde (EPA HQ) [2022]
- Freshman Orientation – Eric Monschein (EPA HQ) [2019]
- CWA 303(d) Workshop: Key Takeaways – Jim Havard (EPA HQ) [2018]
- 2013 GAO Report on the TMDL Program
- CWA Framework Diagram
Program Measures
- Measuring Progress – Miranda Chien-Hale (EPA HQ) [2019]
- Oh the Awesome Work We Will Now Be Able to Show: CWA 303(d) Measures "WQ-27 and WQ-28" – Shera Reems (EPA HQ) [2015]
- New CWA 303(d) Program Measures: Pilot Results – Shera Reems (EPA HQ) [2014]
- Measures Sideboards – Tatyana DiMascio (EPA HQ) [2013]
- Handout on Guiding Principles and Potential Approaches for Developing New Measure(s) [2013]
- Template for Metadata Worksheet on Measures (MN)
- Draft 2013 National Water Program Guidance Measure WQ 26
- EPA Strategic Measures [2012]
CWA 303(d) Vision and Prioritization

Monitoring and Assessment

Monitoring: General
- Water Quality Monitoring – Sarah Lehmann (EPA HQ) [2018]
- Elements of a State Water Monitoring and Assessment Program – Susan Holdsworth (EPA HQ) [2015]
- Waterbody Monitoring with Machine Learning Modeling – Britta Bierwagen (EPA HQ) [2024]
- Lessons and Approaches from Regional Monitoring Network Sites – Britta Bierwagen (EPA HQ) [2024]
- State-Scale Probability Surveys: An Overview – Garrett Stillings (EPA HQ) [2022]
  - USEPA/OW Survey Design Tool
  - USEPA/NARS Population Estimate Shiny Tool
- Integration of NY’s Monitoring Program into NY’s Vision Approach – Ken Kosinski (NY) [2016]
- Registration Responses Regarding Monitoring – Adam Schempp (ELI) [2016]
- Information about National Aquatic Resource Surveys and State Scale Statistical Surveys [2013]
- Virginia's Freshwater Probabilistic Monitoring Program (VA)
- Fact Sheet on CWA Section 106 Monitoring Initiative
Participatory Science
R
- R Script for Uploading NC Assessments to ATTAINS – Bongghi Hong (NC) [2023]
- Utah DWQ's irTools R package: An Automated Approach to State-Wide Water Quality Assessment [2019]
- Arizona's Assessment: Leveraging R for an End-to-End Solution – Mackenzie Moore (AZ) [2023]
- Processing Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data in R – Emma Jones (VA) [2019]
- Automated Assessment: Managing Large Data Sets with R – Jack Pflaumer (NJ) [2018]
Assessment Unit Segmentation Practices
Stressor Identification
- Kentucky's Casual Analysis for Assessing Waters with Narrative Criteria: A More Informed and Reproducible Approach – Katie McKone and Nick Reif (KY) [2024]
- Maryland Biological Stressor Identification Process – Becky Monahan and Bel Martinez da Matta (MD)[2024]
- MD’s Biological Stressor Identification (BSID) Analysis – Jeff White (MD) [2018]
- MDEQ Stressor Identification Program [2019]
- Stressor Identification for Impaired Streams in Mississippi [2019]
- Stressor ID: An Illustration [2019]
- Rapid Causal Assessment – Sue Norton (EPA HQ) [2018]
- Identifying Stressors to Aquatic Biota – Sean Regalado (VT) [2018]
Assessment: General
Assessment Methods for Aquatic Life Use Impairment

TMDL Process

Development
- Washington State's TMDL Template – Ben Rau (WA) [2024]
- TMDL Prioritization, Public Process, and Streamlining – Erin Rasnake (FL) [2017]
- TMDL Calculators Facilitate Allocation – Wade Cantrell (SC) [2017]
- Arizona's Use of R for TMDL Automation – Mikayla Baker (AZ) [2023]
- Reasonable Assurance
  - Reasonable Assurance – Achieving Water Quality Standards through TMDLs – Menchu Martinez (EPA HQ) [2011]
  - “Reasonably Sure” that Good Things Will Happen: Ohio’s Olentangy TMDL – Trinka Mount (OH) [2011]
    - Olentangy River Watershed TMDL Report
  - Demonstrating Reasonable Assurance in Idaho TMDLs: Fact, Fiction & Warm Fuzzies – Marti Bridges (ID) [2011]
  - Relevant texts in statute, regulations, and guidance pertinent to reasonable assurance [2011]
  - Lake Champlain Phosphorus TMDL Disapproval Decision [2011]
  - Conservation Law Foundation vs. Environmental Protection Agency, Lake Champlain Complaint [2008]
  - Friends of Pinto Creek v. US EPA [2007]
- Connecticut’s Methodology for Impervious Cover TMDLs – Chris Bellucci (CT) [2008]
- West Virginia’s Watershed Approach – James Summers (WV) [2008]
- Elements of an Effective State TMDL Program: Overcoming Internal Obstacles – Heidi Henderson (NM) [2008]
- Balancing State Resources for TMDL Development: Pace, Rigor & Expectations – Tom Stiles (KS) [2008]
- Building the Capacity of State TMDL Programs on Hawaiian Time – David Penn (HI) [2008]
Implementation
- Developing TMDLs in Ways that Lead to More Seamless Collaboration and Implementation – Kevin Kirsch (WI) [2024]
- Finding the Path Forward to TMDL Implementation – Heather Husband (ND) [2021]
- Implementable TMDLs: An Exercise in What Makes a TMDL Useful to Its Users – Dylan Laird (EPA HQ) [2020]
- Implementable TMDLs – Kristy Fortman (MT) [2020]
- Fact Sheet: Implementing Total Maximum Daily Loads -- Understanding and Fostering Successful Results [2012]
- Fact Sheet: Analysis of TMDL Implementation Rates in EPA Region 5 [2012]
- Tricks of the Trade: Processes to Ensure NPS TMDLs are Implemented Among State Programs – The Southwestern Perspective – Jason Sutter (AZ) [2009]
- Implementing Kansas NPS TMDLs: Tricks of the Trade – Tom Stiles (KS) [2009]
- Processes to Ensure NPS TMDLs are Implemented: State-Federal Relationship – Texas Perspective – Aaron Wendt (TX) [2009]
- Implementing NPS TMDLs: Iowa’s New Strategy for Success – Allen Bonini (IA) [2009]
- TMDLs, Implementation, and Gatorade®: The Benefits of Knowing Your Customer – Dean Maraldo (EPA R5) [2009]
- WI’s NPS Regulatory Authority & TMDLs – Corinne Billings (WI) [2009]
- It Takes More than a Good TMDL to Get to TMDL Implementation – Helen Bresler (WA) [2009]
- NPS Regulation in California: Looking for the “Third Wave” – Sam Ziegler (EPA R9) [2009]
- TMDL NPS Implementation in Maryland – Jim George (MD) [2009]
- Regulating (or not) NPS in North Carolina – Kathy Stecker (NC) [2009]
- TMDL Implementation in Oregon: Leveraging Resources to Meet Enforceable Requirements – Michael J. Wolf (OR) [2009]
- Evolution of Using TMDLs to Address NPS/Ag Impaired Waters in California – Ken Harris (CA) [2008]
Evaluating Effectiveness
- Evaluating the Water Quality Effects of TMDL Implementation – Adam Schempp (ELI) [2022]
- Performance Monitoring for TMDLs and Alternatives in Indiana – Angie Brown (IN) [2022]
- Ecology's Effectiveness Monitoring Program – Scott Collyard (WA), Ben Rau (WA) [2022]
- Nonpoint Source Monitoring Objectives and Basic Designs – Cyd Curtis (EPA HQ), Paul Thomas (EPA R5) [2022]
- Monitoring TMDL Effectiveness – Robert Voss (MS) [2023]
- Evaluating TMDL Effectiveness – Brian Barnes (NE) [2023]
- Tracking Restoration Progress in Maryland – Sophia Grossweiler (MA) [2023]
- Using Limiting Factors to Overcome the Problem of Long Time Horizons in Evaluation – Jared Hardner (Hardner & Gullison Associates) [2020]
- Measuring Incremental Improvements in Water Quality Based on Statewide Statistical Surveys
- Assessment Goal – Effectiveness Monitoring – Rosaura Conde (EPA HQ) [2016]
- Using Probabilistic Monitoring to Assess the Effectiveness of Stream Management Efforts – Larry Willis (VA) [2016]
- Innovations in Tracking from Region 5 – Jeff Risberg (MN), Dean Maraldo (EPA R5) [2008]
- TMDL Results Analysis at EPA: Fixing the Blind Spots – Doug Norton (EPA HQ) [2008]
Amendments

Advance Restoration Plans

Understanding the Different Types of Plans Available for the CWA 303(d) Program: What Are My Options? – Amy Feingold (EPA R4), Chris Hunter (EPA HQ) [2021]
- Handout: References for Understanding the Different Types of Plans Available for the CWA 303(d) Program
Alternative Restoration Plans – Amy Feingold (EPA R4), Chris Hunter (EPA HQ) [2021]
Alternative Restoration Approaches – Amy Feingold (EPA R4), Chris Hunter (EPA HQ) [2020]
An Update and Overview of Advance Restoration Plans (ARPs) – Chris Hunter (EPA HQ) [2023]
Alternatives under the 303(d) Vision – Chris Hunter (EPA HQ) [2018]
Mystic River Alternative TMDL – Matthew Reardon (MA) [2023]
The Mystic River Watershed Alternative TMDL – Patrick Herron (Mystic River Watershed Association), Ivy Mlsna (Region 1), Laura Schifman (MA) [2021]
Great Pond Advance Restoration Plan (ARP) – Tracy Krueger (ME) [2023]
Notes on Tennessee’s 5-alt Approach – David Duhl (TN) [2018]
Kishacoquillas Creek Alternative Restoration Plan One-Pager – Scott Heidel (PA) [2018]
North Dakota’s Alternative Plans – Heather Husband (ND) [2018]
TMDL Alternatives – Chris Loft (TX) [2018]
The Bad Axe Creek TMDL/WMP Hybrid – Molly Rippke (MI) [2017]
Update: Nebraska's 5-Alt – Laura Johnson (NE) [2017]
Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Plan to TMDL – Sol Brich (WY) [2017]
Joint Principles of NPS and 303(d) Program Coordination on Watershed Based Plans as Alternatives under 303(d) Program – Lynda Hall (EPA HQ) and Jim Havard (EPA HQ) [2016]
- 2016 Integrated Report Memorandum
- Template for Submitting an Example for the Compendium of Water Quality Restoration Approaches
Region 6 Coordination on Reviewing NPS-only Watershed Plans as Category 5-Alternatives – Richard Wooster (EPA R6) [2016]
Nebraska’s Approach to Alternatives – Laura Johnson (NE), Tabatha Adkins (EPA R7) [2016]
Examples of Emerging or Potential Opportunities to Incorporate Alternatives into the CWA 303(d) Program
Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program (MN)
Agriculture Water Quality Certification Program Frequently Asked Questions (MN)
Colorado Measurable Results Program (CO)
To 4B or Not to 4B: The Florida Experience – Eric Livingston (FL) [2008]
Environmental Accountability Projects: Alternatives to Address Impaired Waters in Wisconsin and Other Region 5 States – Nicole Richmond (WI) [2008]
Nonpoint Source-Only TMDLs: Using the Right Tool to Get to Clean Water – Helen Bresler (WA) [2008]
“Straight to Implementation” – A TMDL Alternative – Helen Bresler (WA) [2008]

Protection

"An Ounce of Protection is Worth a Pound of Cure": Advancing Watershed Protection in the CWA 303(d) and 319 Programs – Miranda Chien-Hale and Elise Turrietta (EPA HQ), Kati Carberry (EPA R10) [2024]
A Dollar? Acre? Pound? of Protection a Day, Keeps the 303(d) List Away: Evaluating Progress Towards Protecting Waters – Steve Epting (EPA HQ) [2020]
Protection Planning in 303(d) Program: Examples from Connecticut – Traci Iott (CT) [2024]
Protection Plans in Texas – Nicole Hall (TX) [2024]
Protection TMDLs in Kansas – Dane Boring (KS) [2023]
Integrated Protection Within Watershed-Based Planning – Steve Epting (EPA HQ) [2023]
Advancing Water Quality Through Land Protection: Lessons from the Delaware River Watershed Initiative – Abigail Weinberg (Open Space Institute) [2023]
- Delaware Initiative Website
- Summary on OSI watershed protection programs and forest cover thresholds for clean water
- OSI's approach to selecting watersheds for protection
Protection of Downstream Water Quality Standards in Washington – Jeremy Reiman (WA) [2023]
Lake Talquin TMDL: Protecting Downstream Designated Uses – Elizabeth A. Booth (GA) [2023]
Protection of Downstream Water Quality Standards Through TMDLs: Wisconsin River TMDL Example – Kevin Kirsch (WI) [2023]
New York's TMDL Strategies to Protect Downstream Waters – Andrea Conine and Cassandra Davis (NY) [2023]
Protection Updates – Miranda Chien-Hale (EPA HQ), Steve Epting (EPA HQ), Sequoya Bua-Iam (ORISE Fellow at EPA HQ), Ashley Beranek (WI) [2021]
Kansas Protection TMDLs – Tom Stiles and Trevor Flynn (KS) [2018]
Lake Protection and Prioritization – Scott MacLean (MN) [2018]
Working Draft of Protection FAQs [2018]
The Compendium of State Approaches to Protection
Examples of New and/or Emerging Opportunities to Incorporate Protection into the CWA Section 303(d) Program [2013]
Draft Downstream Considerations for TMDLs & Cross-Program Principles [2012]
Downstream Water Quality Protection: Draft Principles – Overview [2011]
Addressing Antidegradation in the CWA 303(d) Listing Context – Rosaura Vega and John Goodin (EPA HQ) [2011]
- Antidegradation Basics for TMDL Coordinators' Meeting
- Using Tier I Antidegradation Policy Requirements to Address Gaps in Water Quality Protection for Oregon's Waters

Collaboration and Integration

Across Multiple Programs/Agencies
- Planning Across CWA Programs – Rosaura Conde (EPA HQ) [2024]
- Cross Program Coordination: A Year in the Life of a State's Environmental Programs – Traci Iott (CT) [2024]
- EPA's Urban Waters Program – Roy Simon (EPA HQ) [2017]
  - Maps of 19 Designated Communities in the Urban Waters Federal Partnership
- CPP/WQMP: A Regional Perspective – Richard Wooster (EPA R6) [2021]
- WQMP/CPP in New Mexico – Heidi Henderson (NM) [2021]
- Integration Across Water Quality Programs in Louisiana – Chuck Berger (LA) [2014]
- NC Water Resources and NCDOT: Coordinating TMDL Development – Andy Painter (NC) [2014]
- 2015 Memo: Promoting Water, Superfund and Enforcement Collaboration on Contaminated Sediments
- MOU for the Formation of the California Water Quality Monitoring Council
- California Water Code Amendment
- California Environmental Data Exchange Network Factsheet
- The Challenge of Co-Managing Programs with EPA: Creating a Marriage of Equals – Helen Bresler (WA) [2011]
- Balancing on a Tight Rope: Coordination Between Opposing Forces – Carl Adams (UT) [2011]
- The Massachusetts Estuaries Project: A Collaborative Effort to Protect and Restore Southeastern Massachusetts’ Embayments – Rick Dunn (MA) [2009]
Water Quality Standards
- “WQS… we’re supposed to meet standards?” – Jason Sutter (AZ) [2016]
  - Water Quality Standards Regulatory Revisions (Final Rule)
Nonpoint Source Program
- Coordination Between the CWA 303(d) and Nonpoint Source Programs – Cyd Curtis andJustin Drew (EPA HQ) [2024]
- §319 Nonpoint Source and TMDLs Co-Implementation – Lynda Hall (EPA HQ) [2018]
- State 319/NPS Management Programs and 303d Priorities: A Great Match – Lynda Hall (EPA HQ) [2014]
  - Appendix A of NPS Program and Grants Guidelines–Key Components of an Effective State Nonpoint Source Management Program
- Strengthening CWA Section 319 Nonpoint Source Program – Lynda Hall (EPA HQ) [2012]
  - Strengthening the CWA 319 Program Workgroup Overview
  - Interim Guidance + Checklist for Determining Progress of State NPS Mgmt Programs
- Setting the Stage for Consideration of Long-Term Issues for Nutrient Management & Water Quality – Larry Sanders (Oklahoma State University) [2012]
- NRCS National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI) – Astor Boozer (NRCS) [2012]
- Nonpoint Source Projects: Successful Collaboration Stories – Chuck Berger (LA) [2011]
- Excerpts from Draft CWA 319 Grant Guidelines Regarding TMDL and CWA 319 Program Integration
- Nonpoint Source Management Plan (IA)
- The Nine Elements of Watershed Plans
- Washington Department of Ecology: Clean Water Practices for Livestock Grazing [2010]
- Non-Point Source Pollution and TMDLs in Virginia – Nesha Mizel (VA) [2009]
- NPS Program Perspectives – Dov Weitman (EPA HQ) [2009]
- The Divide between Federal NPS and State TMDL Programs and their Respective Water Quality Objectives ---- NRCS – Glenn H. Carpenter (NRCS) [2009]
- Water Quality Management on National Forest System Lands – Joan Carlson (USFS) [2009]
NPDES Permitting Program
Multi-State Collaborations
- Salinity TMDLs on the Arkansas River between Colorado and Kansas – Tom Stiles (KS) and Phil Hegeman (CO) [2011]
- The Chesapeake Bay TMDL: A Pollution Diet to Restore Clean Water – Jennifer Sincock (EPA R3) [2011]
  - Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load Fact Sheet
  - Chesapeake Bay TMDL Executive Summary
- The Bay TMDL – Lee Currey (MD) [2011]
- Chesapeake Bay TMDL in New York – Ron Entringer and Angus Eaton (NY) [2011]
Tribe-State Collaborations
- Better Together: Bishop Paiute Tribe & California Regional Water Board Partnering to Address Impaired Water of Bishop Creek – BryAnna Vaughan (Bishop Paiute Tribe), Ed Hancock (CA) [2020]
- Tongue River Water Quality: Northern Cheyenne Tribe and Montana DEQ – Christina Staten (MT) [2020]
- State and Tribal Cooperative Work at Red Lake Reservation, MN – Shane Bowe (RLN), James Courneya (MN) [2017]
- St. Louis River Cooperative TMDL – Nancy Schuldt (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) [2011]

Tribe-Focused

Public Engagement and Communication

Public Engagement
- Engaging your Public in Water Planning – Claire Bleser, Leslie Yetka [2019]
- Public Meetings in the Time of COVID-19 – Jeff Berckes (IA) [2020]
- Communicating with the Public via BAGs and WAGs – Amy Steimke and Graham Freeman (ID) [2018]
- A Tale of Cows, Dogs, Sewage, and Cooperation: Solving Problems in Lime Lake – Molly Rippke (MI) [2019]
- Leveraging Policy & Public Funds to Restore Waters in the District of Columbia – Jeff Seltzer (DC) [2017]
- Engagement – Jeff Berckes (IA) [2014]
- A Community Based Approach to Watershed Management Planning (NE)
- Indiana Conservation Partnership 2012 Accomplishments (IN)
- Missouri’s Approach to Public Participation: Making Opportunities – Anne Peery (MO) [2009]
- Stakeholder Involvement, Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey – Kimberly Cenno (NJ) [2009]
- Stakeholder Communications: Lessons Learned from Minnesota [2008] – Jeff Risberg (MN) [2008]
- Working with Stakeholders for Effective Progress – Melissa Evers (ME) [2008]
Tools
- What's New with How's My Waterway – Kiki Schneider (EPA HQ) [2023]
- How’s My Waterway: Telling the Water Story – Dwane Young, Kiki Schneider (EPA HQ) [2018]
- How's My Waterway Factsheet [2013]
- Data Visualization I: Designing Effective Charts – Simon A. Queenborough (Yale School of the Environment) [2021]
  - ESRI Presentation Links
  - Handout: How To Canva
- Communications Toolbox for 303(d) and Water Quality Programs – Sara Schwartz (EPA HQ) [2020]
- Using Social Media as a Communication Tool – Traci Iott (CT) [2020]
  - Handout: Story Maps: A Public Outreach Tool for Water Quality Programs in Connecticut
- Story Maps: A Public Outreach Tool for Water Quality Programs in CT – Rebecca Jascot (CT) [2019]
- Kentucky's Understanding TMDLs Story Map – Lara Panayotoff (KY) [2020]
- How Kentucky Uses ESRI Tools in the Public Notice Process and in Communicating the Integrated Report – Katie McKone (KY) [2023]
- Arkansas's Draft CWA 303(d) List Story Map [2019]
- Story Map: Looking Below the Surface – Dustin Shull (PA) [2018]
- Story Map Handout
- Mapping Tools: Leaflet and My Maps – Alan Ochoa Rodriguez (UT) [2023]
- How to Develop Web Reports – Gary Walters (PA) [2019]
- 2014 and 2016 California Integrated Report Map
- Florida's Interactive Maps – Heather Moule (FL), Erin Rasnake (FL) [2019]
- Hawaii DOH Clean Water Branch System – Sierra Payne (HI) [2019]
  - Hawaii's Advisory Viewer
- 2010 Integrated List of Waters Map (MA)
- Nutrient Management Programs Map (MA)
- 2010 IR Web-Based Interactive Map Factsheet (CA)
Terminology
- Talking about the Effects of Climate Change in the Water Quality Context
- Water Words that Work In-class Exercises
Storytelling Examples
Communicating Progress/Success

Litigation

Specific Pollutant/Pollution Issues

Nutrients
- Kentucky's List Methodology using Narrative Nutrient Criteria: Where We've Been and Where We're Going – Katie McKone (KY) [2023]
- Tennessee Nutrient Assessment – Kim Laster (TN) [2023]
- Nutrient Assessments and TMDLs Using Narrative Criteria in New Mexico – Meredith Zeigler (NM) [2023]
- Using Narrative Nutrient Criteria in 303(d) Program Implementation in Connecticut – Traci Iott (CT) [2023]
- Addressing Nutrients Using Narrative Water Quality Criteria – Traci Iott (CT) [2019]
- Florida's Numeric Nutrient Criteria: Lessons Learned – Erin Rasnake (FL) [2019]
- Numeric Phosphorus Criteria: Wisconsin's Experience – Ashley Beranek (WI), Kevin Kirsch (WI) [2019]
- Kansas TMDLs Developed as a Translation to Narrative Standards – Trevor Flynn (KS) [2018]
- How Can Nutrient TMDLs Best Be Developed as a Translation of a Narrative Standard? – Mari Piekutowski & Rahel Babb (OH) [2018]
- Nutrient TMDLs for Algae-Related Impairments to Lakes – Kevin Kirsch (WI) [2018]
- The National Perspective on Nutrients – Tom Wall (EPA HQ) [2018]
- Pennsylvania Eutrophication Cause Determination Protocol – Dustin Shull (PA) [2018]
- State of Alabama Lake & Reservoir Criteria and Nutrient Management Successes – Jennifer Haslbauer (AL) [2018]
- Assessing for Nutrient Impacts Using Narrative Criteria – Michelle Probasco (KS) [2018]
- Nutrient Assessments Using Narrative Criteria in New Mexico – Heidi Henderson (NM) [2018]
- Nutrient Assessment in Streams – Julie Espy (FL) [2018]
- Literature-Based Synthesis of Nutrient Stressor-Response Relationships to Inform Assessment, Monitoring, and Criteria Development in Rivers and Streams – Kate Schofield (EPA HQ) [2018]
- The National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS) Nutrient Results – Sarah Lehmann and Richard Mitchell (EPA HQ) [2012]
- Map of Progress Toward Numeric Nutrient Criteria [2012]
- Maps of Numeric Nitrogen and Phosphorus Criteria [2012]
- Nutrient-Related Listing & TMDL Approaches and Regulations [2012]
- Hypoxia Task Force Workshop 2 - Nutrient Reduction Goals [2012]
- Task Force Coordinating Committee Nutrient Reduction Strategy Development - Workshop on Watershed Prioritization Summary [2012]
- Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution Data Access Tool (NPDAT) factsheet [2012]
- BMP Resources List [2012]
- Minnesota Ag Certainty Press Release [2012]
- Minnesota Ag Certainty MOU [2012]
- Ag Water Quality Certification FAQ [2011]
- National Status of Addressing Nutrients under Clean Water Act Section 303(d) and Recent EPA Actions – Eric Monschein (EPA HQ) [2011]
- Nutrients in Maine: Nutrients in Maine: Criteria Development Criteria Development Listing and Listing and TMDLs – Susan Davies (ME) [2011]
- New Mexico New Mexico’s Approach to s Approach to Nutrient Impairments and TMDLs – Heidi Henderson (NM) [2011]
- Overview of Complications with EPA’s Promulgated Numeric Nutrient Criteria for Streams, Lakes and Springs in Florida – Julie Espy (FL) [2011]
- Stoner Nutrient Framework Memo [2011]
- Nutrients letter from NEIWPCC (Jan 3, 2011)
- EPA response letter to NEIWPCC (Mar 1, 2011)
- Nutrients letter from Maine's Congressional Delegation (Jan 21, 2011)
- EPA response letter to Maine's Congressional Delegation (Feb 15, 2011)
- Interim Phosphorus Reduction Strategy for Connecticut Freshwater Non-Tidal Waste-Receiving Rivers and Streams [2011]
- Excerpts from Gulf of Mexico Regional Ecosystem Restoration Strategy [2011]
- GOMA Nutrients and Nutrient Impacts [2012]
- State Nutrient Reduction Strategy Development Workgroup Report [2010]
- Nutrient-related CWA Section 303(d) List Impairments and Total Maximum Daily Loads [2010]
- Using Stressor-response Relationships to Derive Numeric Nutrient Criteria (executive summary) [2010]
- Development of a Watershed TMDL for the Lower Fox River Basin [2009]
- Demonstration Project in Three Upper Charles River Communities [2009]
- Excerpts from Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan [2008]
- Implementing Mixed Point Source/Nonpoint Source Nutrient TMDLs – Kathy Stecker (NC) [2008]
Bacteria
- Pathogens (Bacteria) TMDLs – Taimur Shaikh (EPA R6) [2019]
- Tools for Assessing and Managing Environmental Waters – Marirosa Molina (EPA ORD) [2019]
Emerging Contaminants and Toxics
- Emerging Contaminants and Toxics: Using Narrative Criteria in Assessments and Restoration Plans – Dustin Shull (PA) [2024]
- Developing Endpoints in PCB TMDLs: Making Use of Virginia's Narrative Criteria – Anne Schegel (VA) [2024]
- “Developing TMDLs for Waters Impaired by PCBs” Draft Document – Sarah Furtak (EPA HQ) [2011]
- Legacy Pollutants in California – Rik Rasmussen (CA) [2011]
- Draft Memorandum: Developing TMDLs for Waters Impaired by Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) [2011]
- Category 4b–Current National Status and Trends [2009]
- The Northeast Regional Mercury TMDL – Susannah King (NEIWPCC) [2008]
Stormwater
- Spikes in Pollutants During Wet Periods: Challenges and Strategies for Monitoring, Assessment, and Plans – Cam McNutt (NC) [2024]
- Evaluating Bacteria Storm Samples in the Assessment – Justin Donahue (WA) [2024]
- Storm Event Sampling: Monitoring Strategies, Challenges and Assessment Protocols – Eileen Campbell and Sarah Acquah (MN) [2024]
- Assisting MS4 Permittees with WLA documentation – Andrea Plevan (MN) [2024]
  - Blue Earth River Watershed TMDL Report
  - Guidance and Examples for Using the MPCA Estimator
- Stormwater and TMDLs: Minnesota's Experience – Andrea Plevan (MN) [2023]
- Addressing Stormwater through the 303(d) Program: Approaches and Plans Used by CT DEEP – Traci Iott (CT) [2023]
- Update on EPA Efforts to Support Translating TMDLs into Stormwater Permit Requirements – Jamie Fowler (EPA HQ), Greg Schaner (EPA HQ) [2016]
  - 2014 Memo: Revisions to the November 22, 2002 Memorandum "Establishing Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Wasteload Allocations (WLAs) for Storm Water Sources and NPDES Permit Requirements Based on Those WLAs"
- 2010 Stormwater Memo – Jamie Fowler (EPA HQ) [2011]
  - November 12, 2010 Memorandum, “Revisions to the November 22, 2002 Memorandum ‘Establishing Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Wasteload Allocations (WLAs) for Storm Water Sources and NPDES Permit Requirements Based on Those WLAs”’
- New York State DEC Stormwater Permits TMDL Conditions – Angus Eaton (NY) [2011]
  - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation: Stormwater Assessment and Design Modeling Tools for Implementation of Stormwater Management Plans
- Residual Designation Authority: Vermont Presentation at ASIWPCA Meeting, 2010
- Using Microbial Source Tracking to Support TMDL Development and Implementation
Flow

Climate Change

Broadly
- Addressing Climate Change in the Office of Water – Stephanie Santell (EPA HQ) [2022]
- Climate Change and the 303(d) Program – Dylan Laird (EPA HQ) [2022]
- Climate Change and the 303(d) Program Updates – Dylan Laird, EPA HQ [2023]
- Vision Climate Change Focus Area Annotated – Jim Havard (EPA HQ) [2024]
- Climate Change Considerations – Kristy Fortman (MT) [2021]
- Modeling Approaches for Considering Climate Change – Kevin Kirsch (WI) [2021]
- Climate Change and the 303(d) Program – Christine Ruf (EPA HQ) [2011]
  - Climate Change and the 303(d) Program
  - Clean Water Act 303(d) Program: Ocean Acidification Update
- National-Scale Modeling to Assess the Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Stream Water Quality – Thomas Johnson (EPA ORD) [2011]
  - Project Summary: EPA ORD's 20 Watershed Modeling Project
Assessment and CWA 303(d) Listing
- 303(d) Listing and Climate Change – Teagan Rostock (EPA HQ) [2024]
- "Climate change" or "a changing climate": A survey of approaches to account for climate change in MN watershed studies – Andrea Plevan (MN) [2021]
TMDLs
- Climate Change Considerations when Prioritizing, Developing, and Implementing TMDLs – Kristy Fortman (EPA R8) [2024]
- Thinking About Climate Change (Extending the Service Life of Our TMDLs) – Mike Kruse (MS) [2023]
- Climate Preppers: Michigan Edition – Molly Rippke (MI) [2023]
  - Ford and Belleville TMDL
  - Michigan's Statewide E. coli TMDL
- Planning for Future Change: Michigan's Statewide E. coli TMDL – Molly Rippke (MI) [2022]
- Climate Change and TMDLs: Theory and Practice EPA Staff Considerations – James Hogan (EPA HQ) [2022]
- Considering Climate Change in TMDLs – Justin Williams (VA) [2021]
- Climate Change: Incorporating Climate Change Considerations into TMDLs – Kevin Kirsch (WI) [2021]
- Assessment and Management of Climate Change in the Chesapeake TMDL – Lew Linker (EPA CBP) [2021]
- Columbia River Cold Water Refuges Plan – John Palmer (EPA R10) [2021]
- Incorporating Climate Change into Temperature TMDLs: S.F. Nooksack River Case Study – James Kardouni (WA) [2021]
Select References

Environmental Justice

Broadly
Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment
- Environmental Justice & Water Quality Monitoring – Susan Holdsworth (EPA HQ) [2024]
- Environmental Justice in Monitoring and Assessment – Miranda Chien-Hale (EPA HQ) [2024]
TMDLs
- Incorporating Environmental Justice Considerations into TMDL Development – Miranda Chien-Hale (EPA HQ) [2024]
- Incorporating Environmental Justice Considerations into Rhode Island TMDL Development – Steve Winnett and Olivia Lopez (EPA R1), Jane Sawyers (RI) [2024]
- Incorporating Environmental Justice Considerations into TMDL Development – Barbara Bennett (CO) [2024]
- How Cross-Program Coordination and Environmental Justice are Changing the Way Colorado Prioritizes TMDLs for Vision 2.0 – Barbara Bennett (CO) [2023]
Meaningful Involvement
- Environmental Justice: Achieving Meaningful Involvement – Jalisa Gilmore (Groundwork USA) [2023]
  - Equitable Development Resource Hub – Groundwork USA
  - Best Practices for Meaningful Community Engagement Tip Sheet – Groundwork USA
  - Equitable Development in Action Worksheet – Groundwork USA
- Environmental Justice: Achieving Meaningful Involvement – Amin Davis, North Carolina [2023]
Tools
Select References

ATTAINS

Overviews
- ATTAINS 101 – Wendy Reid (EPA HQ), Selena Medrano (EPA R6) [2022]
- Tribal Water Quality Assessment: What is ATTAINS? – Kayla Bowe, Red Lake Nation [2024]
- Overview of the ATTAINS Redesign and Its Progress – Shera Reems (EPA HQ) [2016]
  - The New ATTAINS
  - Georeferecing Water Quality Assessments to NHD Plus
Applications
Trainings
- ATTAINS and How's My Waterway Secret Sauce – Jesse Boorman-Padgett and Wendy Reid (EPA HQ) [2023]
- ATTAINS: A Training on Entering Actions – Wendy Reid (EPA HQ), Selena Medrano (EPA R6) [2022]
  - Actions Batch Upload Handout
- ATTAINS and How's My Waterway: Secret Sauce – Jesse Boorman-Padgett, Dwane Young (EPA HQ) [2022]
- How to Enter a TMDL Action in ATTAINS: User Web-Interface – Vilma Rivera-Carrero (EPA R5) [2021]
  - Handout: Actions Batch Upload
- ATTAINS: A Secret Sauce Training Focused on Batch Uploads – Dwane Young, Jesse Boorman-Padgett (EPA HQ) [2021]
- ATTAINS for the Casual User – Wendy Reid and Jesse Boorman-Padgett (EPA HQ) [2020]
  - Handout: How to Use ATTAINS Reports to Answer Questions
- ATTAINS Secret Sauce: Tips and Tricks – Dwane Young (EPA HQ), Laura Shumway (EPA HQ), Megan Tulloch (RTI International) [2020]
- ATTAINS User Interface I: Assessment Units and Assessments [2019]
- ATTAINS User Interface 2: Actions and Promotion of Assessments [2019]
  - Exercise 5 - Create Action
- ATTAINS User Interface I: Data Entry and Batch Upload [2018]

Other Data Tools

Broadly
- How to Answer Common Questions with Available Data Tools – Jesse Boorman-Padgett (EPA HQ) [2024]
- How to Answer Common Questions with Available Data Tools – Jesse Boorman-Padgett and Wendy Reid (EPA HQ) [2023]
- How to Answer Common Questions with Available Data Tools – Dwane Young (EPA HQ), Jesse Boorman-Padgett (EPA HQ) [2021]
- Modernizing & Automating Processes for 303(d) Program Activities – Traci Iott (CT) [2023]
- How to Create a Reproducible Workflow for Downloading and Processing Gridded Weather Data – Lucas Graunke (NM) [2023]
- Colorado Water Assessment Tracking and Reporting (CO WATR) – Skip Feeney (CO) [2023]
- Overview of NHDES' SADB – Matt Wood (New NH) [2023]
- DATA: A Year in 3 Slides – Dwane Young (EPA HQ) [2022]
- General Data Management Tips – Adam Griggs, Laura Shumway, Dwane Young (EPA HQ) [2022]
- How to Manage GIS Data – Jesse Boorman-Padgett, Shelly Thawley (EPA HQ) [2022]
- The Value of Published Data – Jason Jones (AZ) [2022]
- New/Recently Updated Resources for Data Use in the 303(d) Program – Emily Cira (EPA HQ) [2022]
- Supporting an Improved Modeling Framework – Dwane Young (EPA HQ) [2022]
- Using Geospatial Indicators of Watershed Condition to Support Freshwater Conservation Actions – Ryan Hill (EPA ORD), Luisa Riato (ORISE Fellow), Marc Weber (EPA ORD) [2022]
- Moving Beyond Assessments to Successful Implementation: Tools for Use with Urban Waters – Traci Iott (CT) [2017]
  - Factsheet: City of Bridgeport Water Quality and Stormwater Summary
  - Responding to an Impervious Cover-Based TMDL: A Brief Step-By-Step Guide
- Data Management Training Wrap-Up – Dwane Young (EPA HQ) [2018]
- EPA Support for Watershed Planning and Prioritizing: Data, Tools and Services – Doug Norton (EPA HQ) [2014]
  - Watershed Index Online - National Data and Tools for Watershed Prioritization: Project Status Summary, April 2014
- WATERSCAPE: A GIS-based Framework for Identifying Priority Watersheds – Dwight Atkinson (EPA HQ) [2014]
  - WATERSCAPE Overview
Storet and Water Quality eXchange
- WQX Ladders – Adam Griggs (EPA HQ) [2022]
  - STOrage and RETrieval and Water Quality eXchange Domain Services and Downloads
- Using Storet Data in R – Louis Reynolds (EPA R3) [2018]
Water Quality Portal
- The Water Quality Portal – Dwane Young, Laura Shumway, Jesse Boorman-Padgett (EPA HQ) [2020]
  - Handout: Getting Started with the Water Quality Portal
- How Arizona Uses the Water Quality Portal to Save Time and Money – Jason Jones (AZ) [2020]
- Water Quality Portal Data Tools – Britt Dean, Jillian Adair, Shelly Thawley, Kiki Schneider (EPA) [2018]
- Getting Started with the Water Quality Portal
- Water Quality Portal Data Discovery Tool Factsheet
Water Quality Framework
- Overview of the Water Quality Framework – Dwane Young (EPA HQ) [2017]
Web Services
- QAQC Web Services – Kevin Christian (EPA HQ) [2022]
- Deeper Dive on Web Services – Jesse Boorman-Padgett, Dwane Young (EPA HQ) [2022]
Recovery Potential Screening Tools
- Using the Recovery Potential Screening Tool to Support Planning and Prioritization –Beth Smith and Justin Drew (EPA HQ), Andy Somor (Cadmus) [2024]
- Using the Recovery Potential Screening Tool to Support Planning and Prioritization – Emily Cira (EPA HQ), Andy Somor (Cadmus) [2022]
- Recovery Potential Screening Tool: Introduction and Overview – Andy Somor (Cadmus) [2021]
- Recovery Potential Screening Tool: Introduction and Overview – Andy Somor (Cadmus) [2020]
- New Jersey Recovery Potential Screening Tool – Claire Huang-Lindabury (NJ) [2024]
- Preliminary Healthy Watersheds Assessments & RPS Tools – Doug Norton (EPA HQ) [2017]
- Fact Sheet: Recovery Potential Project – Landscape Screening Tools and Resources for Comparing the Restorability of Impaired Waters [2012]
- Recovery Potential Screening: A Tool for Comparing Impaired Waters Restorability – Doug Norton, Tatyana DiMascio (EPA HQ) [2011]
- Vermont’s Experience with the Recovery Potential Methodology – Tim Clear (VT) [2011]
- Recovery Potential Screening Factors and Nutrient Management
- A National Analysis of Recovery Potential Indicator Usage
- Candidate Indicator Usage Study
- Recovery Potential Screening Tool Output (MA)
CADDIS
- An Overview of CADDIS and Ongoing Systematic Reviews of Nutrient-Stressor Response Relationships – Kate Schofield, Micah Bennett, Sylvia Lee, Caroline Ridley, Sue Norton (EPA HQ) [2019]
- Causal Assessment, Stressor Identification, and CADDIS – Sue Norton, Kate Schofield (EPA HQ) [2017]
- Using CADDIS for Causal Assessment in Urban Streams – Kate Schofield (EPA HQ) [2017]
- CADDIS factsheet [2012]
Continuous Data
- R-based Tools to Perform Quality Control Procedures, Summarize, and Visualize Continuous Sensor Data – Britta Bierwagen (EPA HQ) [2024]
- Continuous Data and Assessments in Pennsylvania – Mark Hoger (PA) [2022]
- New Mexico and the Assessment of Continuous Monitoring Data – Meredith Zeigler (NM) [2022]
- Continuous Water Quality Data – New Jersey’s Story – Biswarup (Roop) Guha (NJ) [2022]
- Challenges from the Regional Monitoring Networks: Continuous Data Tools and Management – Britta Bierwagen (EPA HQ) [2021]
- Transforming Trail Camera Images of Streams into a Knowledge Base for Assessment – Mary Becker (CT) [2021]
- Estimating Stream Flow from Images: Progress to Date – Ben Letcher (USGS) [2021]
- Continuous Data Logger Processing App – Tim Martin (MN) [2021]
- Types, Uses, and Data Management of Continuous Monitoring – Bob Schuster, Mike Kusmiesz, Lucas Marxen (NJ) [2021]
- Continuous Monitoring/Sensors: Using, Managing, and Interpreting Temporally Dense Data Sets – Bill Richardson (EPA R3) [2019]
- New Approaches for Sharing Continuous Monitoring Data – Dwane Young (EPA HQ) [2019]
- Tools to Tame the Continuous Data Beast: Examples from the Regional Monitoring Networks – Britta Bierwagen (EPA HQ) and Jen Stamp, Erik W. Leppo, Anna Hamilton (Tetra Tech) [2019]
- Pennsylvania's Continuous Physiochemical Assessment Method – Mark Hoger (PA) [2019]
  - Pennsylvania's 2018 Assessment Methodology for Rivers and Streams
  - Pennsylvania's 2018 Water Quality Monitoring Protocol for Streams and Rivers
Tools for Automated Data Analysis (TADA)
- Tools for Automated Data Analysis (TADA) – Hillary Marler (EPA HQ) [2024]
- The Criteria Search Tool & TADA – Cristina Mullin (EPA HQ) [2023]
- TADA (Tools for Automated Data Analysis) – Cristina Mullin (EPA HQ) [2023]
- Introduction to Using Open Source R Tools for Automated Data Analysis (TADA) to Retrieve, Wrangle, and Clean WQP Data (Intermediate & R User) – Elise Hinman (EPA HQ) [2023]
- Tools for Automated Data Assessment – Cristina Mullin (EPA HQ) [2022]
  - TADA R Package
- Automation Tools in Support of Assessments: Intro to TADA – Shelly Thawley (EPA HQ) [2022]
- Open Source Tools for Automating Water Quality Data Discovery and Analysis – Cristina Mullin, Shelly Thawley, Monique Dulac (EPA HQ) and Jake Greif (ORISE Fellow) [2021]
The Internet of Water
- The Internet of Water at EPA – Alex Porteous (EPA HQ) [2023]
- Internet of Water: Better Water Data for Better Water Decisions – Peter Colohan (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy) [2022]
  - River Runner (video)
WATERS GeoViewer
- WATERS GeoViewer Fact Sheet [2019]
- Instructions on Using WATERS GeoViewer Geoprocessing Services in ArcMap [2019]
Field Resources
- Electronic Field Sheets using EDGE – Kari Winfield (MA) [2019]
- Data from Field to Database: Electronic Field App – Danielle Grunzke (EPA HQ) [2019]

Modeling

Resilience During Staff Changes

Approaches to Mitigating the Effects of Staff Turnover on the 303(d) Program: Examples from Practice – Adam Schempp (ELI) [2024]
Resilience and Continuity Despite Staff Turnover: Processes, Procedures, and Available Resources – Margaret Aguilar, Louise Pascua (Guam) [2024]
Resilience and Continuity Despite Staff Changes: A Tribal Perspective – Kayla Bowe (Red Lake Nation) [2024]
Adapting to Staff Changes and New Staff Training – Abel Haile and Christine Davis (IL) [2024]
The Pennsylvania Clean Water Academy – Dustin Shull (PA) [2024]
- Pennsylvania's Assessment Methodology for Streams and Rivers
- Pennsylvania's Water Quality Monitoring Protocols for Streams and Rivers
Resilience and Continuity Despite Staff Turnover: Maine DEP Succession Planning – Susanne Meidel (ME) [2022]
- Outline for Maine Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of WQ Program Guidance
- Maine Lake Stormwater Compensation Fund Program Guidance
Resilience and Continuity Despite Staff Turnover – Barbara Bennett (CO) [2022]
Resilience and Continuity Despite Staff Turnover in New Mexico – Heidi Henderson (NM) [2022]
Morongo Band of Mission Indians Environmental Protection Department Planning for Staff Changes – Kimberly Miller (Morongo Band of Mission Indians) [2022]
A Brief List of Some Nationally Available Educational/Training Resources [2022]