STORET warehouse redesigned

Oct. 10, 2003 -- The STORET National Data Warehouse has recently been redesigned, improving speed and enabling larger and more flexible user defined queries.

The STORET Warehouse is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) main repository for ambient water quality and biological monitoring data.

The new Warehouse allows users to download raw data in a delimited text file format that can easily be imported into standard analysis software (e.g., spreadsheets, GIS).

To retrieve data from STORET, simply click the "Obtaining Water Quality Data" link from the main STORET home page at http://www.epa.gov/storet.

For more information, please contact Cary McElhinney, 202-566-1188, mcelhinney.cary @epa.gov .