The EQuIS for ArcGIS extension adds powerful geospatial analysis capabilities to this revolutionary platform. This Office Hours session is the first in a 3-part series and will serve to demonstrate several of the features available in the EQuIS for ArcGIS interface.

This session will be held at 11am ET and 6pm ET on March 18th.

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Abstract
Burns N.M., McIntosh J., Scholes P. 2009. Managing the lakes of the Rotorua District, New Zealand. Lake Reserv. Manage. 25:284–296.

In 2005, Burns, McIntosh and Scholes described strategies to manage the Rotorua Lakes using lake monitoring together with designated baseline Trophic Level Index values established for each lake. Continued monitoring has revealed that 9 of the 12 Rotorua Lakes have Trophic Level Index values in excess of their baseline values. Action Plans have been drawn up for the remediation of these damaged lakes that specify the excess nutrient loading to each lake and propose actions for the decrease of these loadings. Nutrient loading to various lakes has been decreased by upgrading waste treatment facilities, dosing tributary streams with alum, diverting an enriched tributary flow directly into the outflow channel of a lake, precipitating in-lake phosphorus with PhoslockTM and zeolite additions, and removal of macrophyte biomass from a lake and planting an artificial wetland at the entry point of a tributary to a lake. Where data are available, the results of these actions are explored. The similarities between the management system for the Rotorua lakes with the management systems used for two American and European lakes are described. Key words: action plans, trophic level criteria, water quality criteria, trophic level indexes

The twelve Rotorua Lakes lie in the middle of the North Island of New Zealand in what is know as the Central Volcanic Plateau (Fig. 1) and vary widely in character. The beauty of the lakes, together with the interesting geothermal features of the region, have resulted in the Rotorua District being one of the most important national tourist and sport fisheries area of New Zealand. The region also supports a significant amount of successful farming and forestry. The sustainable management of the Rotorua Lakes is the legal responsibility of the Environment Bay of Plenty (EnvBOP) Regional Council.Water quality of the Rotorua Lakes began to change in the early 1900s soon after European settlement of their catchments. A program of routine monitoring of the lakes was started in 1990 by EnvBOP and intensified in 1999 when strategies to halt the deterioration of all the lakes were put into place by EnvBOP (described in detail in Burns et al. 2005). Statutory legislation supporting this management strategy is contained in EnvBOP’s Water and Land Plan (W&LP). This article is a sequel to the previous article (Burns et al. 2005) and describes the strategies, their implementation, their refinement with time and some results of the actions that have been taken.

Background
The Rotorua Lakes are considered to be a national resource in NewZealand.Widespread public concern about the degradation of many of these lakes prompted an investigation and report by the New Zealand arliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (2006). His report endorsed the strategy for restoration of the Rotorua Lakes and led to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Crown (New Zealand Government) and the Rotorua Lakes Strategy Group, consisting of the Te Arana Lakes Trust, the Rotorua District Council and EnvBOP (EnvBOP 2007a). The Memorandum endorsed the use of the Trophic Level Index (TLI) system together with the TLI targets included in the W&LP. Subsequent to the signing of this agreement, the New Zealand government agreed to pay NZ$72 million toward the estimated cost of NZ$144 million for the planned remedial work to improve the damaged lakes. In 2006, the Government of New Zealand signed an agreement with the TeArawa Maori Trust Board transferring legal title to the Rotorua lakebeds to the local Maori people, while protecting public access, as a partial redress for past actions against the Maori people. This does not currently change EnvBOP’s management role.

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“Manage and standardize all your environmental and sampling data — efficiently and cost-effectively.

In our increasingly ecologically conscious society, the demand for environmental data is growing rapidly. Regulatory bodies and government agencies require detailed and comprehensive environmental data, such as water, soils, sediments or air quality data collected from sampling events. However, it’s often time-consuming and costly for companies involved in generating, handling or receiving such large volumes of data. In addition, a lack of standardization means that this data can arrive in a variety of formats or with different valid values — for example, the same chemical may have numerous common names. What’s more, individual laboratories and consultants may report their data in different ways.”

Read the full case study on MicroSoft’s Case Studies site here: http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000006592

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According to the Keynetix website:

Directly targeted at contemporary environmental data management within contaminated land, this conference will be ideal for:

• Existing Environment Office maintenance agreement holders
• Environmental consultants
• Local Authorities
• Those concerned with the creation and maintenance of Conceptual Site Models
• Environmental Data Managers
• GIS Professionals

The meeting is intended to be an informal gathering of environmental professionals, with plenty of time given to discussion and questions.

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The EQuIS Professional Tools group provides scientists and data managers a simple and intuitive means for reviewing water quality data and producing graphs which effectively communicate important parameters pertaining to a lake, pond, reservoir, stream, or river. The Isopleth tool can be used to create a three-variable graph in which the horizontal axis shows time, the vertical axis shows depth/elevation, and the body of the graph shows the value of a given parameter. The Vertical Profile tool creates a vertical trend, or line, chart that displays one or more parameters at a specified location and time.

This session will be held at 11am ET and 6pm ET on March 4th.

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The following is his itinerary if you would like to meet up with him to discuss EQuIS.

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This session will be held at 11am ET and 6pm ET on February 18th.

Both sessions will contain up to six different 5 minute presentations, with time for questions between each presentation. To volunteer to present for these presentations, or simply to attend the session, please send us an email at officehours@earthsoft.com or register on the Office Hours page and indicate the session of preference.

Note that spots for presenting and attending will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Mr. Alexander has over twenty years sales and sales management experience including environmental testing firms, consultants, and data management software solutions. Most recently, Mr. Alexander was Vice President of National Programs for a leading environmental laboratory network working with some of the largest companies in North America. Prior to that, Dan was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for a company with a hosted data management system.

Mr. Alexander remarked, “I’m pleased to join the EarthSoft team and lead the sales efforts of this strong,successful software product line. EQuIS is the most widely used data management solution in the market and I look forward to assist the company to build on its success.”

EarthSoft sales grew strongly in both 2008 and 2009, and now with the addition of Mr. Alexander, EarthSoft is positioned to accelerate this strong performance into 2010 and beyond. EarthSoft has announced new products such as Sample Planning Module, and a new Enterprise EDP for Labs module. EarthSoft’s government business continues to expand rapidly as large EQuIS Enterprise systems are deployed with local, state, and federal clients. EQuIS is also being considered for several large independent property portfolios. The EQuIS Data Gathering Engine (EDGE) begins shipments this week.

EarthSoft’s Mitch Beard said, “EarthSoft continues to invest in our management team and infrastructure and we are very excited to add Dan’s skills and expertise. Our new products will expand on many of the existing configurations. Dan’s experience and background will help EarthSoft more effectively cooperate and collaborate with our many laboratory and consulting clients and LIMS vendors.”

EDP and Enterprise EDP are used by thousands of environmental laboratories, consultants, and other organizations processing thousands of electronic data delivery (EDD) submissions each year. EDP checks many different EDD formats including SEDD, 4-File, GeoTracker, DIGGS, NPDES, LakeWatch, and many others. Sample Planning Module automates the preparation of chain of custodies (CoCs) and bottle labels, with an included Completeness Checker.

EQuIS is available in both hosted and licensed options and houses some of the largest environmental databases in North America, with a user base including over 20 state government entities and 5 EPA Regions. Most large organizations still prefer to buy and operate their own software and have server infrastructure. Others wish to use externally hosted databases. EQuIS offers both, increasing the versatility dramatically compared to single-vendor hosted-only systems.

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