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Meta Identifier | Storet_wq |
Type of Data | Water quality |
Originator | Damien Obid |
Description | The data for this topic came from the US EPA legacy StoRet water quality database. The database contains data from various data contributors; in this case US Geological Survey (USGS) and the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. Although no metadata is available with the dataset, it can be reasonably assumed that data collection was done in accordance with the applicable best available method. |
Area | California |
Metadata Contact | Damien Obid |
Contact Person Primary | Damien Obid |
Status | complete |
Lead Person | Damien Obid |
Lead Organization | North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board |
Data Set Name | storet_p95_minmax.db, storet_wq.dbf |
Date of Content Start | 1/6/59 |
Date of Content End | 12/7/88 |
Maint. and Update Freq. | No updates available with legacy system. |
Purpose | Purpose of data collection was to assess quality of surface waters. |
Data Quality Information | Good. But note that sample collection and analysis techniques have, in some cases, significantly improved over the period of record. Older data may be of poorer quality. |
Lat/Long | See Source Table |
Hydrologic Unit Code | 113.30 |
Counties | Mendocino |
Keywords | storet, water quality |
Contact Organization | North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board |
Contact Address | 5550 Skylane Blvd, Ste. A |
Contact City | Santa Rosa |
Contact State | CA |
Contact Zip Code | 95403 |
Contact Voice Telephone | 707-576-2552 |
Contact Fax | 707-523-0135 |
Contact Email | obidd@rb1.swrcb.ca.gov |
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