The STORET Dashboard provides a means to access a high level summary of results saved in the STORET data warehouse. The STORET Dashboard provides operations to access result summary for a specified EPA region, state, tribal organization, or the entire warehouse. The Dashboard includes the following:

• Dashboard Data Reports: provide a high level summary of the warehouse data, using summary tables and/or charts
• Dashboard Administrative Reports and Modules: for future enhancements, the administrative reports and modules will allow administrators to visualize various metrics of the STORET system, as well as check on the current status and health of the system

The Dashboard consist of the following reports:

The STOrage and RETrieval (STORET)/ Water Quality Exchange (WQX) user help desk is available for any STORET and WQX related issues or questions. To access the help desk, please contact us at: 1-800-424-9067 or STORET@epa.gov.

The STORET/ WQX Team welcomes your comments on how we can improve our products. We strive to respond to every comment with an answer or an appropriate referral as quickly as possible. Most comments will be responded to within 10 business days.

Please reference the links in the Features box on this page for additional support including:

• • Regular outreach and communication via monthly user calls - The STORET team holds monthly user calls where system announcements are made, user questions are brought up, or demonstrations of tools are conducted. User calls are usually held on the 3rd or 4th Thursday of each month, and reminders for the calls are sent via the STORET Listserv.
  • STORET/ WQX Listserv - The STORET/ WQX listserver provides a communication mechanism where users may communicate via email with everyone on the listserve. Besides the user call, the listserv is the main mechanism through which announcements are made from the STORET team. You must request access to the listserv in order to join and begin receiving messages on it.
  • EPA Regional STORET/ WQX Coordinators - Certain EPA staff in each regional office are contacts for the STORET and WQX system. If you have questions about possible training for STORET/ WQX, please contact these staff.
  • STORET FTP site for downloads - The FTP site for downloads provides access to many STORET and WQX related files.
  • STORET FTP site for uploads - The FTP upload site provides a mechanism for users to share large files with the STORET Team if needed. In the past, this site has been used to submit the distributed STORET Oracle export files to EPA, and while this is no longer supported by EPA, the site is still available if needed.  Contact wqx@epa.gov or  storet@epa.gov  for alternative methods of transferring files to EPA. 
  • Presentation on submitting Biological Data - presentation providing an overview of submitting biological data to WQX.
  • Search and Request Missing Domain Values
    Process for Searching Domain Values:

    1. The Characteristic domain values provide information on substances as defined by the USEPA Substance Registry System (SRS). Note, there are a small number of exceptions which are recognized by the USEPA WQX system.

    • Substance Registry System (SRS)

     
    2. The Taxon domain values are biological names primarily stewarded by the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) and the ITIS Catalogue of Life. Taxonomic names from academic journals or accredited sources may also be added if reference information is provided (i.e. a URL or citation).

    • Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
    • ITIS Catalogue of Life Exit

     
    3. The Analytical Procedures domain values are confined by the both USEPA and the National Environmental Methods Index (NEMI), with a small number of exceptions also implemented by the USEPA WQX system.

    • National Environmental Methods Index (NEMI)

     
    Process for Requesting Domain Values:
    Requests for additional Domain Values should be emailed to STORET Helpdesk:  STORET@epa.gov or WQX@epa.gov

    Please supply documentation on descriptions, definitions, and reference resources to facilitate your domain request. Also, check the STORET website and the Monthly STORET / WQX user conference call for information and discussions on system issues and domain values requests system issues and domain values request.

• Dashboard Reports By Region: displays the amount of data available within an EPA Region in the selected year (default to the current year). The number of records submitted in the selected year is compared to the number of records submitted to STORET over a five year average. The records represent the data available in STORET on measurements of water quality as reported by ALL current organizations, including state, local and tribal agencies and watershed groups.
• Dashboard Reports By State: displays the amount of data available within an EPA Region in the selected year by State. The number of records submitted in the selected year is compared to the number of records submitted to STORET over a five year average. The records represent the data available in STORET on measurements of water quality as reported by ALL current organizations, including state, local and tribal agencies and watershed groups.
• Dashboard Reports By Tribes: displays the top five tribal organizations within a state which submitted data to STORET, listed by the selected year, over the last five years. The records represent the data available in STORET on measurements of water quality as reported by tribal organizations only.
• Dashboard Reports By State Profile: displays the amount of data available within a state by the selected year. The number of records submitted in the selected year is compared to the number of records submitted to STORET over a five year average. The figures also display the number of records submitted by results categories. The records represent the data available in STORET on measurements of water quality as reported by ALL current organizations, including state, local and tribal agencies and watershed groups.
• Dashboard Reports By %: displays the top five organizations within a state and/or organization type which submitted data to STORET, listed by the selected year, over the last five years. The records represent the data available in STORET on measurements of water quality as reported by ALL current organizations, including state, local and tribal agencies and watershed groups.
• Dashboard Reports By Top 10: displays a count of the top ten substances within a state’s waters, listed by year, over the last five years. The records represent the data available in STORET on measurements of water quality as reported by ALL current organizations, including state, local and tribal agencies and watershed groups.