Pacific Southwest, Region 9
Serving: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Islands, Tribal Nations
Overview of CWA ยง106 Reporting Requirements
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Overview
The Guidance on Awards of Grants to Indian Tribes under Section 106 of the Clean Water Act (the Guidance) is intended to help tribal water quality program managers, staff, and other tribal environmental decision makers design and implement effective and successful water quality programs. It also establishes procedures and guidelines for EPA regions to consider when awarding and administering grants to federally recognized Tribes.
Reporting requirements and data management expectations for all Tribal programs are a key component of the Guidance. Tribes are developing tribal assessment reports that contain information about water quality on tribal land and demonstrate national results for the Section 106 Tribal program. A tribal assessment report consists of the following. For each step, regional supplemental information is provided farther down this page:
- a description of the monitoring strategy;
—Regional supplement - a water quality assessment; and
—Regional supplement - surface water quality monitoring data submitted electronically in a STORET-compatible format.
—Regional supplement
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The Guidance and its (non-regional) supplements are available on EPA's Clean Water Financing website, and the STORET-compatible Data Template (also referred to as the WQX Web Template) is available along with other resources at the WQX Web Resources and Download website.
The documents below have been developed to assist Tribes in completing reporting requirements. These regional supplements support and further clarify the reporting requirements outlined in the Tribal 106 Guidance, and serve as additional tools for EPA and tribal staff to use as they implement the Guidance.
If you have questions about these materials, please contact your Section 106 Project Officer (PDF). (1 pp, 124K)
Regional Supplements
Reporting Requirements Overview (PDF) (1 pg, 78K)
1. Monitoring Strategy (Page A-1 of Guidance)
- Monitoring Strategy Overview (PDF) (2 pp, 177K)
- Monitoring Strategy Exercise (PDF) (8 pp, 95K)
- Developing a Tribal Monitoring Strategy (Guidance Supplement) (PDF) (25 pp, 324K) lays out the decisions and analysis that Tribes must address to produce a monitoring strategy. The supplement provides formats and clearly identifies required information.
2. Water Quality Assessment Report (Page A-4 of Guidance)
- Water Quality Assessment Report Overview (PDF) (2 pp, 333K)
- Region 9 Water Quality Assessment Report Pilot
- Assessment Template, 2010 (.xls file, 6 pp, 544K)
- 2011 Interactive WQAR Tutorial (PowerPoint) (94 pp, 4.98MB) Download the free PowerPoint Reader
- Evaluation Sheet (PDF) (1 pg, 18K)
- WQAR Purpose Statement (PDF) (1 pg, 147K)
- WQAR Template Tutorial 2010 (PDF) ( 8 pp, 336K)
- WQAR FAQ (PDF) (2 pp, 137K)
- Water Quality Assessment Report (WQAR) Template Webinar - September 7, 2011 (PDF) (54 pp, 5.0M)
- WQAR Webinar Q&A (PDF) (6 pp, 200K)
- Data Assessment and Reporting (Guidance Supplement) (PDF) (18 pp, 247K)
3. STORET-Compatible Electronic Data (Page A-7 of Guidance)
STORET/WQX Data Template (ZIP, 600K)Understanding Data Management
- Using Excel (PDF) (14 pp, 1.3MB)
- Data Storage Flowchart (PDF) (1 pg, 70K)
- Data Submission Tools Comparison Chart (PDF) (1 pg, 22K)
- Data Management (Guidance Supplement) (PDF) (30 pp, 463K)
- Guide to the STORET/WQX Transition (PDF) (1 pg, 44K)
- Roadmap to Data Management (PDF) (1 pg, 134K)
Using the STORET/WQX Data Template (Tutorials and User Guide)
- Checking Your Data for Compatibility to STORET / WQX (PDF) (9 pp, 101K)
- Word Bank Exercises (PDF) (8 pp, 112K)
- STORET/WQX Workshop 2008 Presentations
WQX Web Resources
Understanding the Key Water Quality Indicators
- Dissolved Oxygen (PDF) (1 pg, 108K)
- pH (PDF) (1 pg, 87K)
- Temperature (PDF) (1 pg, 106K)
- Turbidity (PDF) (1 pg, 114K)
- Phosphorus (PDF) (1 pg, 155K)
- Total Nitrogen (PDF) (1 pg, 156K)
- E. coli (PDF) (1 pg, 132K)
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