Barb Horn, Co-Chair CWQMC Colorado Parks and Wildlife Lynn Padgett & Jeff Litteral

1. The Cost of Not Sharing Data Barb Horn, Co-Chair CWQMC Colorado Parks and Wildlife Lynn Padgett & Jeff Litteral DSN Project Coordinators

2. EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL OF THE TIME

3. Quality Decisions need: • Adequate coverage • Temporal, Spatial, Media, Constituent, methods Quality Information – in each sector state/local, public/private, regulatory/non-regulatory • Ability to collaborate and act • Priorities, DATA, methods, training, resources, etc.

4. Will Power Financial Barriers Innocent Desirer of data Technical Barriers

5. $$$ Cost $$$ Generate Information not Data Use Data Only Once Real Duplication Appropriate $ / task Reinvention -scale vs resources

6. Savings Larger Data Sharing Network Than could Ever Build alone Redirect Savings into P & R Elevate Dialogue to Action / Solutions

7. Cost Savings……Not Free but Cheap... Watershed Plans Source Water Protection Protection / Restoration Projects NPS Projects Consultant Work Water Supply Planning DW and WW Treatment Stewardship

8. Mission Provide a collaborative forum for implementation of effective collection, analyses, formatting and sharing of water quality data

9. Values/Principles Leverage Existing Resource Collaboration Integration Everyone has something to contribute Inclusion Participation Innovation Transparency Relevancy Trust

10. Colorado Data Sharing Network Water Quality Data Here Means: Chemical, Physical Habitat or Biological Data in rivers, lakes, reservoirs, ground water or wetland water bodies

11. DSN Database Chem, Phys, Bio Rivers, Lakes, GW database Share data, Need data mngt, STORET /AQWMS upload CWQMC Data Sharing Network PROJECT COMPONENTS Target Audience Anyone who: Does not manage data Share data Needs STORET Product Or Process Content Target Audience

12. www.ColoradoWaterData.org USERNAME: cdsnpublic PASSWORD: cdsnpublic

13. WQ MAP Directory Meta-Data map All who need &/or generate data CWQMC Data Sharing Network PROJECT COMPONENTS Target Audience Anyone who: Collects chemical Phy hab, biological data On Rivers, lakes, Res, GW or wetlands Product Or Process Content Target Audience

14. www.ColoradoWaterData.org

15. ?

16. DSN MAPS – Two of them • One stop Station location • Data dumps from (AQWMS / DSN + EPA + NWIS) • Access to other data • Data Analyses • Graphics • GIS and Spatial Analyses • Map Layer Download (305(b), HUC 12, etc.)

17. Watershed Swap Place Based Priorities Concerns outreach Everyone working in the basin CWQMC Data Sharing Network PROJECT COMPONENTS Target Audience Anyone who: In the watershed: Who is indirectly or directly engaged in water management Informally or formally Fed, state, reg, local Product Or Process Content Target Audience

18. Colorado Fall 2006 Fall 2011 South Platte Spring 2007 Fall 2012 San Juan/Dolores/ Gunnison Fall 2007 Spring 2011 Arkansas Spring 2008 Spring 2013 Rio Grande Spring 2008 Spring 2013 Where and When ? Basic Rules DSN WORKSHOP

19. What is a SWAP? • Placed Based one-day event- watershed scale • Exchange Meta-data – W”s of program or data needs, Use a map • Label participants data generator, user, both • Exchange priorities, needs and concerns • Exchange current projects, activities, future plans • Develop FACT SHEET - Post • Conduct Map/Database Training • Engage other local audiences • Evaluate

20. CWQMC Data Sharing Network PROJECT COMPONENTS SWAP Database MAP Product Or Process Sustainability plan Guiding Principles Meta-Data Priorities Concerns Chem, Phys, Bio Rivers, Lakes, GW Content outreach directory data Target Audience In between Largest Smallest

21. Will Power Financial Barriers Innocent Desirer of data Technical Barriers

22. REQUIRES • Attention to Costs/Savings • Critical Mass • Institutionalized • Currency • Synergy vs Stove Pipe

23. Councilhttp://www.Coloradowaterquality.org Data Sharing Network http://www.coloradoWaterData.org EMAIL: cwqmc@coloradowaterquality.org ACTING CHAIRS Vacant & Barb Horn, barb.horn@state.co.us, 970.382.6667