Topic
Ocean Conditions & Water Quality
Ocean Conditions & Water Quality data provide information about oceanographic characteristics such as currents, wind speeds, and temperatures, as well as factors related to ocean and coastal water quality such as wastewater facilities and water quality assessment areas.
Subtopics: mCDR Projects, Conditions
See also: Agency Actions > mCDR Research Permits provides information about EPA permitting of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) activities, including opportunities for public comment.
Latest Updates
22-Jan-2025 Status update and public comment opportunity for tentative permit for the LOC-NESS Project research study
20-Jun-2024 Added study locations for a proposed mCDR research study
08-Sep-2022 Added NOAA Wastewater Outfalls data showing locations of publicly owned treatment works and other significant point source discharges
Data Providers and Sources
- Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP)
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (MARACOOS)
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
- NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)
- NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC)
- NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserves System (NERRS)
- Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS)
- RPS Applied Science Associates (RPS ASA)
- University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST)
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- US Geological Survey (USGS)
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)