The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) was awarded a $199,898 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Administration and Resource Management through the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance (CFDA 66.608).
Under the award, DEP will enhance its existing data management systems to facilitate electronic collection, reporting, exchange, and integration of water quality data. Specifically, DEP will integrate workflows between its Attains Data Flow Tool and Water Quality Exchange tool, implement restful services in Attains, and update the WQX schema to include additional biological, physical habitat, and metric data for transfer to EPA. DEP will also deliver an approach document outlining a path for integrating new water quality data and sensors into existing systems and publishing related data and metadata in open formats. These enhancements are expected to increase programmatic efficiency, transparency, and interagency coordination around water quality determinations. The three-year project period began October 1, 2022 and ends September 30, 2025. No subawards are included.
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