NOAA's Assessment and Restoration Division has developed numerous Watershed Database and Mapping Projects. Because each project is unique, with its own characteristics, their components vary. But each builds upon a standard database structure and a data delivery application (Query Manager). Most include GIS data as well.
Anacostia River Watershed Database and Mapping Project Software & Data The Anacostia River Watershed Database and Mapping Project is comprehensive database with a GIS mapping component. The project focus is on contaminants in the sediments and in the river. This decision-making tool is intended to help partner agencies and local citizen groups identify priorities and base watershed management decisions on the same sets of data.
Calcasieu Estuary Watershed Database and Mapping Project Software & Data The Calcasieu Estuary Watershed Database and Mapping Project was developed to support NOAA's activities and the Assessment and Restoration Division (ARD) mission. The project focused on analysis of sediment and tissue data. The goal is to identify areas of the estuary that should be addressed to reduce and mitigate risks due to hazardous substance exposures.
Delaware Estuary Watershed Database and Mapping Project This Delaware Estuary Watershed Database and Mapping Project is a product of the 2006 Interagency Agreement (IAG) between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Hazardous Site Cleanup Division.
Hudson River Watershed Database and Mapping Project Software & Data ARD is developing the Hudson River Watershed Database and Mapping Project to provide information and interpretive tools to aid the remedial investigation of the Hudson River Superfund site and restoration planning for the watershed.
Portland Harbor Watershed Database and Mapping Project Software & Data ARD has developed the Portland Harbor Watershed
project, which covers the Portland Harbor site and adjacent areas
upstream to Willamette Falls and downstream into the Columbia River.
Portland Harbor was named as a Superfund site by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2000.
NOAA is involved in the site investigation and cleanup work
because the site impacts natural resources that NOAA manages
on behalf of the public.
St. Lawrence Watershed Database and Mapping Project Software & Data The St. Lawrence River Watershed Project is being developed to focus on services lost due to contamination. Data regarding PCB and PAH concentrations are the primary contaminants in the sediment samples that are being reviewed and compiled. The GIS project will support efforts by the agencies and stakeholders to quantify injury and scale restoration projects.
