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DELIVERING TIMELY ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION TO YOUR COMMUNITY: THE BOULDER AREA SUSTAINABILITY INFORMATION NETWORK
Citation:
Petersen*, D, L. Barber, G. Dilworth, T. Fiebelkorn, M. McCaffrey, S. Murphy, C. Rudkin, D. Scott, AND J. Waterman. DELIVERING TIMELY ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION TO YOUR COMMUNITY: THE BOULDER AREA SUSTAINABILITY INFORMATION NETWORK. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/625/C-01/010 (NTIS PB2002-107534).
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Description:
The Technology Transfer and Support Division of the EPA Office of Research and Development's (ORD's) National Risk Management Laboratory in conjunction with the Boulder Area Sustainability Information Network (BASIN) has developed a "how-to" handbook to allow other community organizations to plan and implement a project similar to BASIN. The handbook provides instructions on how to:
Establish partnerships with potential data providers
Collect and analyze water samples
Present timely and spatial environmental data on a website using (Practical Extraction Report Language) PERL programming
Develop an outreach plan to communicate timely environmental information to the public.
This handbook was developed for EPA's Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and Community Tracking (EMPACT) program. EMPACT is working with the 150 largest metropolitan areas of the country to help communities in these areas:
Collect, manage, and distribute timely environmental information.
Provide their residents with easy-to-understand information they can use in making informed, day-to-day decisions.
Electronic versions of the handbook can be viewed and downloaded from the EPA/ORD Technology Transfer and Support Division Website at http://www.epa.gov/ttbnrmrl/. Both printed and CD ROM versions of the handbook are available for direct on-line order through this website.