After months of work, adding nearly 600 sites, and uploading over 408,000 records, PA Organization of Watersheds and Rivers is excited to announce that a copy of the Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement (EASI) database has been included in the PA Watersheds Data System.

POWR is also beginning another round of outreach with watershed groups.

With the addition of this database, there are over 600,000 records from 39 watershed associations and monitoring groups for the 271 registered users to view. This database includes water quality and quantity data, as well as physical attribute data for 591 sites in Pennsylvania monitored by senior citizens involved in the EASI program. Monitoring data ranges from 1998 up to early 2006.

POWR and EASI are eager to share these data with other Pennsylvania monitors through the PA Watersheds Data System. The Data System is serving as a warehouse for all water data across Pennsylvania, whether collected by a watershed association, community volunteers, or a service provider. Increased accessibility to the data will ensure that the data get used to make a difference in Pennsylvania’s watersheds.

These data are available for any registered user to view. To register, click on Register As A New User on the splash screen of the Data System.

To view data, log into the Data System, click on View Data By My Watersheds Orgs, and the Subscribe button to request permission. POWR’s Program Coordinator will grant permission to all requests to view EASI data.

If you have any questions about this process, feel free to contact Angie McCracken at POWR (amccracken@pawatersheds.org ; 717-234-7910, ext. 3). For questions about the EASI program, contact Pennsylvania’s statewide coordinator, Beth Grove at PaGreatSEC@aol.com .

10/27/2006