[env-trinity] Consolidated Waterways Information

[Byron]

Important for fishers who want to know what's happening in California rivers
they want to fish.

 

 

WATERSHED RESEARCH

State Enhances Web Site, Creates Central Location For California Waterways
Data

News release, California Department of Water Resources - 10/13/04

SACRAMENTO - A comprehensive access point for data related to the health of
California's waterways has been created at
<outbind://77/www.baydelta.ca.gov> www.baydelta.ca.gov. Thanks to a joint
effort by four state agencies and the Moss Landing Marine Laboratory the Web
site has been enhanced to allow state waterways information to be available
to users on an ongoing basis.

"Scientists, engineers, stakeholders, decision makers and the general public
will all now have a place to gain information on the health of California's
waterways," said Resources Agency Secretary Mike Chrisman. "This is a great
step in allowing scientists and engineers access to the data they need to
inform decision makers and the public about the health of our state's water
system." 

The California Resources Agency in partnership with the California
Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA), the Department of Water Resources
(DWR), the State water Resources Control Board and the Moss Landing Marine
Laboratory have created a central location where waterways data may be
retrieved. Previously, factual information had been located among various
agencies making the data difficult to locate and retrieve. Inconsistent
formats also required even more time to merge the data before analyses could
be done.

Working together, the five entities implemented a data management and
sharing system that consolidated environmental data from many different
sources into a consistent format in one location. More than 50 other
organizations currently contribute data voluntarily to the Web site. In
addition, the state agencies and Moss Landing Marine Laboratories are using
their combined resources to include information from more groups throughout
the state in an ongoing expansion of their data sharing process.

Each of the five entities contributes to the Web site in different ways:

The Resources Agency's CERES system ( <http://ceres.ca.gov/>
http://ceres.ca.gov/) facilitates the overall process by cataloging the
various environmental monitoring programs throughout the state. Cal/EPA is
working with the U.S. EPA to integrate the state's environmental regulatory
data. DWR manages data sharing for the network and provides distribution
services to support the system.

The SWRCB created the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) that
along with Moss Landing Marine Laboratories is gathering and combining data
about surface water quality. SWAMP has developed standards required for
water boards, or any group collecting environmental monitoring data, using
funds from Propositions 13, 40 and 50. More information on the SWAMP Program
is available at:  <http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/swamp>
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/swamp 

This effort will expand the information currently available through the
California Data Exchange Center (CDEC). CDEC makes available river flow,
snow survey, weather, and Delta water quality and related information at:
<http://cdec.water.ca.gov/> http://cdec.water.ca.gov .

 <http://www.publicaffairs.water.ca.gov/newsreleases/2004/10-13-04swamp.cfm>
http://www.publicaffairs.water.ca.gov/newsreleases/2004/10-13-04swamp.cfm

 

Byron Leydecker

Chair, Friends of Trinity River

Consultant, California Trout, Inc.

PO Box 2327

Mill Valley, CA 94942-2327

415 383 4810 ph

415 519 4810 ce

415 383 9562 fx

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