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Viewing Secchi Dip-In Data Via the AWQMS Public Portal

This video will show you how to view publicly available Secchi Dip-In data using AWQMS. To log into the public portal use nalmspublic as the username with no password.


Viewing Secchi Dip-In Data Via the Water Quality Portal

Secchi Dip-In data is published to the Water Quality Portal (WQP). The WQP is a cooperative service sponsored by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Water Quality Monitoring Council (NWQMC). It serves data collected by over 400 state, federal, tribal, and local agencies.

  • Visit the Water Quality Portal
  • Select “Advanced” to reveal more selection criteria
  • Enter NALMS in the Organization ID field under Location Parameters to access data from the Secchi Dip-In.
  • You can further narrow the results by specifying other parameters.