Expanding the Magic of the EPATADA Package

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

My employer, the Radical Open Science Syndicate (ROSS) at Colorado State University, collaborated with the EPA on its development of the Tools for Automated Data Analysis (EPATADA) R package. EPATADA helps States, Tribal Nations and other stakeholders more efficiently compile and evaluate Water Quality Portal (WQP) data.

ROSS developed powerful new geospatial functions and optimized data retrieval methods for the package—enhancing EPATADA’s already powerful water quality analysis tools. Through this webinar I demonstrated the enhanced EPATADA package in action, including:

Querying the WQP using sf objects or tribal info
Converting WQP data into sf objects
Associating WQP monitoring locations with ATTAINS assessment units

Open Source | Matthew Brousil

Expanding the Magic of the EPATADA Package