Project Grant 84102401

Award Date 10/1/24
Completion Date 9/30/27
Dollars Obligated $297K
Awarding Federal Agency
Office of Grants and Debarment
Federal Grant Program
66.608
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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The key project activities include:

  • Improving the monitoring location metadata storage structures and management processes in the Agency Water Quality Management System (AWQMS)
  • Enhancing data access through expanded web services and searching capabilities in AWQMS
  • Creating QA processing, data visualization, and metric generation tools for National Rivers and Streams Assessment (NRSA) habitat data
  • Modernizing hardcopy records to provide electronic access

The anticipated deliverables include improved monitoring location metadata management, enhanced data access and analysis capabilities in AWQMS, and electronically accessible historic data. The project is expected to benefit OWRB, other state partners, tribes, agencies, municipalities, and academic institutions by providing more timely and effective data products to support environmental decision-making. The award period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027.

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