Phase V - Outputs and work plan

Walton phase 5 progress tracking.docx - full text below

Support Grantee and Coalition - Due Date 9/30 (original) - needs to be a talking point with Moira on Monday

• Engage with EFF Illinois to develop a concept paper
  • They want to see our storyboards
  • Moira will tell us on when she wants to convene the grantees - no later than December
    • have a draft to take to that meeting - Ellen and Dick can work on that
    • piggy back on an existing meeting? which one? November or December
    • Illinois Nutrient Reduction is early December
  • Then we can write the paper - short concept paper (no more than 5)
    • Done by end of year
  • NCSA responsibility - editing / contributing as needed - limited involvement
• Engage with other WFF awardees on campus
  • Jonathan C and Reid C - quarterly meeting at NCSA

Develop State Tracking Sites - NCSA Due 1/31/2021

• Work with two new states and continue with Illinois
  • Links to dashboards will be delivered to WFF - links will not be expected to be live to the public
  • State specific subsites - Agree by end of year
    • dashboard
    • water quality data
    • key monitoring sites
    • indicators for tracking changes in water quality
  • Arkansas (def) and Missouri
  • We also have Wisconsin if the others do not engage
• Ellen will call Ryan with Arkansas - by end of this month
• Ted contact Missouri - Chris with Water Protection - John Hoke - are interested
• Dick will talk to Marsha
• NCSA deliverables
  • identify what data they have
    • ideas of what data we want
  • spin off new state site / design
    • what do they want to show on their dashboard
    • models or trends they would like
      • work with McIssac to develop if they don't have
  • ingest data - USGS WQP will be automatically
  • What kind of parameters they want to show
  • nutrient reduction strategies specific to site - first priority
    • develop story board - with their reports - not officially included in the deliverable
  • dockerize by state - dev site

Develop Viz of conservation practices as a proof of concept for an ag conservation dashboard - due 9/30/20

• with Reid C - driven by this work - this is primary focus
  • need data in database
  • develop viz
  • online submission form
• Kaiyu's work? - does not cover all conservation practices - use only as part / overlay
  • HEATMAP
  • new layer for runoff
  • Not comprehensive
  • use as an addendum to grant?
• McIssac work
• The three will meet this fall - discuss what can be
• In three individual watershed in Illinois or Iowa
  • if you look at outcomes six states for Ag Conservation practices - Reid needs to have these / tell us - need to make sure this is correct - Dick will touch base
• Dashboard for conservation practices - comparison tool
• Not a decision support tool yet

Develop a tool/algorithm to standardize approaches to calculate nutrient load conditions and trends - to supplement sentinel sites

• Due 11/30/20
• nutrient load tend analysis tool - work with McIssac - this is finalizing it
• need nod of approval from USGS and EPA - is this doable? acceptance of data
• need it because of different data / different sensors - data gap between sensors
  • dealing with incomplete data
  • using Greg's work to fill gaps
• Only pick sentinel sites with enough data - 1 site per state commitment
  • criteria for picking sentinel sites
• Need drop dead date for data from sites/states so we can incorporate - send us data by May 1
  • Sites need identified by 11/2020
  • when do we need criteria? Need scientists to get together to decide - NCSA needs minimum req to tell state what we require - Feb 1,2020 - (we have ready by Dec 30)

Develop Dashboard for sentinel sites by 4/30/2021

• Backend work
• data ingestion
• Need midway report

States approve ag cons dashboard - 6 dates - by 4/30/2021

• IL IA IND ARK
• Reid's work
• need to talk to him to make sure he has 6
• Approval
  • Agree with data? Endorse us?
  • What is criteria for "approve" - change to using? recognize? approve for public release/go live?

States approve Water Quality Tracking

• 3 states use the GLTG water quality tracking dashboards - post/go live/ put on web site
• IL ARK and MO

States ID Sentinel Sites - 11/30/2020

• Each one choose 1

Sentinel Sites Approved and active - 4/30/21

• HTF website list all sentinel sits and current water quality data from those sites
• presentation at state meetings to validate to report