A Case Study of the Use of EPA's STORET Water Quality File to Establish a U. S. Estuarine Water Quality Data Base

摘要

This report is a case study of the use of data from the Environmental Progection Agency's (EPA) STORET Water Quality File to establish an estuarine water quality data base. The original project consisted of three tasks: to obtain nationwide estuary data from EPA's STORET system and transfer this to CEQ's UPGRADE computer software system; to submit a draft report on the availability of estuarine data and problems encountered while establishing the data base; and to submit a draft report on conditions and trends in U.S. estuarine water quality, based on UPGRADE analyses of the data.