EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Workshop to Recommend a Minimum Set of Data Elements for Ground Water: Workshop Findings Report

摘要

A Work Group of States, the EPA and other Federal Agencies reached consensus on a minimum set of data elements for ground water. The minimum set of data elements for ground water is defined as those elements necessary to use data from wells and springs across ground water regulated programs. It is the common set of elements which forms the basis for making ground water decisions. The set is characterized by elements that are needed to communicate ground water data across programs: common to all programs, completely adequate for some programs, provides a road map to other data, and provides a link between water quality and well location information. Implementation issues are identified.