Window to My Environment WME

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Window to My Environment(WME)
Geographic Portal toCommunity-Based
Environmental Information

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Office of Environmental Information
• Contact catlin.dave_at_epa.gov

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What is WME?

• WME is a powerful Web-based tool that provides a
  wide range of information about environmental
  conditions and features in an area of choice
• Developed in partnership with federal, State,
  Tribes, local governments and other organizations

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Three Major Components

• State-of-Art Interactive Mapping Tool
• Interactively map and view locations of regulated
  facilities, monitoring sites, waterbodies,
  demographics, and more with traditional
  geographic data in location of choice
• My Window Facts
• Provides facts about environmental features for
  the selected locale including population
  statistics, local watersheds, facility profiles
  and more
• My Environmental Conditions
• Access related federal/state/local information on
  environmental conditions at the community level
  as well as programs, activities, and services for
  restoring and protecting your environment

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WME Features

• Answers common environmental questions about
  local air, water, and land
• Searches for environmental information based on
  geography (e.g., city, state, ZIP code)
• Provides a seamless display of data and
  information through interactive maps and other
  visualization tools
• Provides documentation to help users understand
  the quality, accuracy, and significance of
  environmental data and information

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WME Features
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• Access to Analytical and Reporting Tools
• Links to EPA's Envirofacts, TRI Explorer and Surf
  Your Watershed tools, as well as state tools like
  Pennsylvania's"E-Facts" and Delaware's
  "Environmental Navigator"
• Provides you with the ability to generate custom
  reports on specific chemicals, facilities and
  trends in a selected area
• Includes geographic data and environmental
  information from a variety of local, state, and
  federal partners visible through one window
• Links you to dozens of government and
  non-government organizations and contacts with
  information on local issues in your area
• Enables user to access other governmental
  information including USGS NWIS and FEMA Flood
  Plain via XML on-the-fly

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How WME is Different

• Completely interactive site - maps and query
  responses generated on-the-fly and recalculated
  as geography changes
• E-Gov - One-stop shop for environmental data
  from fed/state/local government
• Formation of new data-sharing partnerships across
  federal government and between levels of
  government (fed/state/local)
• New technology allows us to pass the geography to
  remote sites and bring back geographically
  relevant resources for WME

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Summary

• For more information go to the WME Web Site
• www.epa.gov/enviro/wme
• Contact catlin.dave_at_epa.gov