Online Technical Support for States: N-STEPS
Disclaimer
The Nutrient Scientific Technical Exchange Partnership and Support website is a series of pages developed to supplement the EPA's Office of Water Nutrient Criteria program, run through the Health and Ecological Criteria Division (HECD).
N-STEPS (Nutrient Scientific Technical Exchange Partnership and Support) provides direct support for nutrient criteria development. This site is a "One Stop Shop" for national, regional, and local nutrient criteria developments. The types of assistance available from N-STEPS include:
- read questions and responses about the science of nutrient criteria development, as well as implementation questions,
- see presentations by state nutrient experts and water quality managers,
- participate in webcasts,
- participate in nutrient related discussion boards,
- view a bulletin board of recent nutrient happenings in other regions as well as at Headquarters,
- and download factsheets and guidance documents on nutrient water quality criteria issues such as:
- Nutrient-algal dynamics
- Sampling design for determining ecosystem specific nutrient algal dynamics
- Statistical analysis of data to assess nutrient-algal dynamics