Incorporating the Exchange Network into Your Enterprise
Washington State Department of Ecology
THE
PAST
Facility Site
RCRA
Toxic Release Inventory
Pacific Northwest Water Qulaity
Department of Health Fish Tissue
WasteX
Pacific Northwest Data Catalog Refresh
PCS/IDEF
eBeaches
AQS In planning
WQX In planning
Air Now In planning
Node 2.0 Execute GeoLocation Finder
National Emissions Monitoring
Current and Future Flow Deployment
Brief Timeline
• 2003 – Built the node and first core EPA Flow
• 2004 – added 5 flows
• 2005 – added eBeaches flow
• 2006-2007 – added TRI and TRIDex
• 2008 – after far too long we completed RCRA Handler
Node Architecture - 2005
Ecology IntranetInternet Ecology IntranetInternet
Cloud
Node Database
Node Web Server Turbo Waste
EPA
DOH
HTTP Proxy Server
External Router & Firewall
DIS Fortress
OR DEQ
EIM
F/S
Node Architecture Now
Everything from 2005
AND
Wa TRIME User
EPATRI Data
Cloud
TRIDex
Node Admin Data
Web Pages
Reports
Recent Developments
• We implemented the Toxic Release Inventory flow and followed quickly with the development of TRIDEX
• For node flow management we built out a process that publishes node statistics/use.
Focus for a Moment on Toxic Release Inventory
The Toxic Release inventory is a U.S. EPA program enacted as part of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) of
1986. Every year, tens of thousands of facilities in the United States submit reports to EPA and the States on releases and transfers of
certain toxic chemicals.
From the Node Exchange Web Page
In 2006 Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Developed the Initial Viewer
In early 2007 Washington Department of Ecology partnered with Windsor
Solutions to develop TRIDEX
The story has continued.
The Evolution or Success Story of TRIDEX
TRIDEX – Toxics Release Inventory Data Exchange
TRIDex Form R
Management of the Node
• Ongoing tracking of activity
• Exceptions or failures in processing
• Tracking of a specific flow
• Administrative tools and access to databases are limited
• If there is no tool then when people want to know what is happening they call.
Further Use of Admin Data
Waiting in the Wings
Air Data Flows
Analyzers
Data Loggers
Production Server
Ambient Air Quality Database
Quality Assurance
Reporting
Analysis
Exchange Network Node
AQS Data Flow
Air Now Data Flow
Access point for External Entities
A Few Quick Lessons Learned
• You have to know your data!
• Technology helps but …
• A quick fix can be a costly as a mistake.
• Doing it the right way can take more time.
• If you build it, it will cost.
• If you build it, it will meet business needs.
• EsS = D(waF)nM.
In Closing
• Contact Information
• One last word – John Tooley will be addressing the latest innovation in Washington’s Node later in the conference. It is really cool!