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Center for Water Resource Studies. Meier Lab: July 2003 – Dr. Jaga Anmala, Jenna Harbaugh, Anupama Oruganti, Harish Pratapani, Tim Rink, Dr. Ouida Meier. TACWQ History. Initially funded as the Technical Assistance Center for Water Quality (TACWQ) in FY99 (SDWA)
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Center for Water Resource Studies Meier Lab: July 2003 – Dr. Jaga Anmala, Jenna Harbaugh, Anupama Oruganti, Harish Pratapani, Tim Rink, Dr. Ouida Meier
TACWQ History • Initially funded as the Technical Assistance Center for Water Quality (TACWQ) in FY99 (SDWA) • Two other TACs funded within SDWA, then grew to 11, now down to 8 nationally: TACnet • Our Database Management section evolved into Database Management and Information Tools, now the Information Technology section • This task of the TACWQ has changed with the needs of the industry, the available modes of technical assistance delivery, and EPA priorities
TACWQ task 4 Deliverable History • Initially focused exclusively on internal project data management • Initial products distributed only via KRWA • Increasingly focused on products, software, and information to be distributed: • Directly to small water systems • Indirectly to other Technical Assistance providers (NRWA, state RWA, RCAP/RCAC, AWWA, TACnet, NDWC, ASDWA, EPA, and consultants) who can reach many more small water systems than the TACWQ alone • Strategy for national implementation and distribution of products
Deliverables: Past • Website: One-stop information shopping (regulations, reading, message send, Y2K, CCR, downloads,) • Distribution of donated, refurbished computers to small water systems – Linux-based windows, manual • MORAdvisor • Water Loss Calculator – Excel, as stand-alone • ArcExplorer mapping utility for Kentucky • Kentucky Tools CD • Data retrieval & MCL maps (Ky, southeast US, national) • Internet interface for querying TACWQ database
Deliverables: Present • Updates and additional distributions of Water Loss Calc., Ky Tools CD, ArcExplorer Mapping • Website renovation, featuring download products • Interagency cooperation: natural resource mgmt, NGO science advisor, education K-college projects • National Tools CD • National patterns of drinking water problems
Deliverables: Future Goals • Information Management and Integrity • Effective Internet Communication of Information, Services, and Products • Information Tools and Services for Small Water Systems • Research on Source Water Quality Issues and Challenges • Analyze National Patterns of Drinking Water Problems • Explore Potential for Producing Watershed Mapping Utilities by State • Professional Cooperation with Agencies, Groups and Insititutions