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Track: Water Resources
Stan Wood
CARES
200 Mumford Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
Telephone: 537-882-1644
Fax: 573-882-3958
E-mail: agewood@showme.missouri.edu
Water Quality Data Enhancement Project
The Center for Agricultural, Resource and Environmental Systems (CARES) has contracted with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) to conduct the Water Quality Data Enhancement Project. The objective of this project is to geographically link water quality data to the EPA River Reach (RF3) files through a Decision Support System (DSS) tool to address environmental priorities within the Southwest Regional Office (SWRO) area of the State of Missouri. Using the DSS as a tool for both graphic representation and analysis, the project will be designed to support whole basin water quality planning, assessment, and enforcement activities of both the Department of Natural Resources and the public. The four-phase project will begin with RF3 File Enhancement. This will be done in cooperation with EPA and USGS using the recently developed Hydrographic Visual Pass. Methodology: EPA RF3 attribute data will be conflated to the USGS DLG-F data set. Phase Two will be the accumulation of spatial data sets
for the SWRO area including concentrated animal feeding operations, Special Area Land Treatment and EARTH projects, and priority watersheds. Phase Three will be the development of the DSS using Avenue. Accessibility of the data through the Internet will be of particular concern. Phase Four will be the production of presentation materials and a procedure manual for the DSS.
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