The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Watershed Academy will sponsor a free webcast on Key EPA Internet Tools for Watershed Management on March 28 at 1:00 p.m..

Ansu John of Tetra Tech, Inc. will discuss EPA tools and resources that support watershed planning; management; water quality studies; training, education and public outreach on water resource issues; and the nuts and bolts of water pollution control.

Using simple screen shots and step-by-step explanations, the webcast will explain how to do queries from some key EPA water-related databases, such as water quality standards, 303(d) listed impaired waters, assessed waters, STORET (water quality monitoring) and discharge monitoring reports from permitted dischargers.

Register for the webcast online.

The next free webcast will be on April 18 when Charlie MacPherson from Tetra Tech, Inc. will give a presentation on EPA’s new Watershed Plan Builder Tool, which was created to provide groups with online access to an easy-to-follow watershed plan building process.

For more information, visit EPA’s Watershed Academy Webcast webpage.

3/23/2007