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EPA STORET data
STORET (EPA): Water Quality
Data Source:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Water and Hazardous Materials
Washington,D.C.
Phone: (202)426-7792
Data Format:
Tabular
Scale:
Not applicable
Data Coverage:
Approx. 200,000 collection points nationwide
Data Description:
STORET is a national system which can help users monitor water quality
trends, measure compliance with water quality standards, trace pollutants,
and file water quality reports, budget requests, and management basin plans.
Media:
Direct terminal access, or data can be sent from Washington
in report form and on machine-readable tapes.
Aquisition Costs:
One-time requests can be processed without charge. Regular users
can setup interagency fund transfers with the EPA or with
if a time-sharing service if used. Average charges per use are $3 to $6.
Comments:
Additional documentation includes:
"An Introduction to STORET for Water Quality Trend Analysis",
"STORET: EPA's Computerized Water Quality Data Base"
"STORET User Handbook"
All are available from the above address.
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Automatically created on: Tue Mar 30 00:23:51 2004