Evaluation of NPDES Phase I Municipal Stormwater Monitoring Data
 

USGS Stormwater Monitoring Station in Madison , WI

 

 

There have been serious concerns about the reliability and utility of Phase 1 stormwater NPDES monitoring data, mainly due to a wide variety of experimental designs, sampling procedures, and analytical techniques used. On the other hand, the cumulative value of the monitoring data collected over almost a ten year period from hundreds of municipal outfalls and streams has great potential value to characterize the quality of stormwater runoff, and compare it against historical benchmarks (such as the NURP and USGS national datasets). This project will create a national database of Phase 1 stormwater monitoring data, provide a scientific analysis of the data, and provide recommendations for improving the quality and management value of future NPDES monitoring efforts.

 

 

 
Recent Papers and Presentations
 

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National Stormwater Quality Database.

 
 
National Stormwater Quality Database (NSQD). Version 1.1 -- Spreadsheets
   

 

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NSQD Version 3 Spreadsheet

This most recent update on NSQD. It contains contains 8,602 rain events from 104 cities throughout the continental United States, and represents all 9 EPA Rain Zones and 12 land use categories.

Total size: 7.51 Mb

Updated: February 3, 2008, Version 3

    
    

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NSQD Version 1.1 Spreadsheet

This version of the NPDES MS4 database contains the data for more than 100 constituents in 64 communities for a total of 3700 events in 360 sites. The table is organized for different land uses and seasons.

Total size: 4.78 Mb

Updated: March 4, 2005, Version 1.1

 
    
    

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Summary Table

This is the summary of observations by land use

Total size: 572 Kb

Updated: April 30, 2005, Version 1.1

 
    
Site Descriptions
 

ALABAMA

ARIZONA

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

Huntsville, Jefferson County, Mobile, Montgomery.

Maricopa County, Tucson

Alameda, Caltrans

Colorado Springs, Denver Metro

 

 

 

 

GEORGIA

IDAHO

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

Atlanta, Clayton County, Cobb County, Fulton County.

Ada County Highway District

Topeka, Wichita

Jefferson County-Louisville, Lexington

 

 

 

 

MASSACHUSETTS

MARYLAND

MINNESOTA

NORTH CAROLINA

Boston

Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Carroll County, Charles County, Harford County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Princes Georges County, State Highway

Minneapolis

Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Raleigh

 

 

 

 

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

Clackamas County, Eugene, Gresham, Portland, Salem, ODOT

Philadelphia

Knoxville, Memphis

Arlington, Dallas, Dallas County, Forth Worth, Gargland, Harris County, Houston, Irving, Mesquite, Plano, Tarrant County

 

 

 

 

VIRGINIA

 

Arlington County, Chesapeake, Chesterfield County, Fairfax County, Hampton, Henrico County, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach.

 

 

 
    
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04/30/2005

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