For larger and/or more complex data sets or organizations with ongoing monitoring programs, Office of Water Quality’s (OWQ’s) Microsoft (MS) Excel data template customized for your organization and monitoring project is a good option for submitting your data to OWQ.
The template is designed to facilitate the entry of your data into OWQ’s Assessment Information Management System AIMS database. Entry into AIMS allows OWQ to more efficiently evaluate your data for potential use in OWQ programs and helps to make it readily available to OWQ programs and other organizations that request it.
Use the button below to request a template. If this is the first time you have used this system, your request will indicate to OWQ that you have elected to use the template instead of online data entry for submitting your water quality data. Note that if your monitoring project is funded with a NPS Program grant, in most cases, you will be required to use the template.
The following instructions will help you use OWQ’s templates for sharing water quality data through the Secondary Data Portal:
You may upload your data as often as you wish and at any time. Both the Project & Site Information template and the Data Submittal templates contain an informational sheet in the file to help you complete them.
Any questions on the use of these templates may be directed to the Secondary Data Quality Coordinator by phone at (317) 308-3081 or by email at: Email EDF Support.
Please contact the Secondary Data Coordinator with any questions about sharing your water quality data with IDEM’s Office of Water Quality through this portal. If you are monitoring as part of a NPS Program grant project, please contact the Secondary Data Quality Assurance Manager with any questions regarding your options for data submittal.
Phone: (317) 308-3081
Email: Email EDF Support