PROGRAMS AND PLANS--New Procedures for Examining Laboratory Codes and WATSTORE Codes
 

In Reply Refer To:                            March 18, 1983
EGS-Mail Stop 412

QUALITY OF WATER BRANCH TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM NO. 83.11

Subject: PROGRAMS AND PLANS--New Procedures for Examining 
            Laboratory Codes and WATSTORE Codes

1. New Procedures

The Ouality of Water Branch, Analytical Services Coordinator, 
and Scientific Publications and Data Management are making 
available two new procedures for examining laboratory codes 
and WATSTORE codes.

The first procedure, LABCODES, produces three sections of 
output:

1. A table of information about lab codes listed by lab-code 
   number.

2. A table of information about lab codes listed by lab-code 
   name (alphabetically).

3. A table of information about lab codes listed by WATSTORE 
   parameter code.

The information includes lab-code number, lab-code name, 
WATSTORE parameter code, TWRI method, lab cost, parameter 
calculation indicator, and laboratory section designation.

To execute the procedure, LABCODES:

  //xxxxxxxx JOB (xxxxxxxxx,
  //PROCLIB DD DSN=WRD.PROCLIB,DISP=SHR
  // EXEC LABCODES

The second procedure, QPARM, produces two sections of output:

1. A table of information about WATSTORE parameter codes 
   listed by code number.

2. A table of information about WATSTORE parameter codes 
   listed by code name (alphabetically).

The information includes WATSTORE parameter code number, 
name, significant figures, and special rounding codes.

To execute the procedure, QPARM:

  //xxxxxxxx JOB (xxxxxxxxx,
  //PROCLIB DD DSN=WRD.PROCLIB,DISP=SHR
  // EXEC QPARM

2. WATSTORE Parameter Codes

Users of the Water-Quality Data-Processing System should be 
made aware of the following administrative and descriptive 
WATSTORE parameter codes:

WATSTORE Code   Description

00008           Sample Number
00022           Length of Exposure, Days
00027           Collecting Agency (required for all new 
                                   analyses)
00028           Analyzing Agency (required for all new 
                                  analyses)
00029           Project Number

00063           Number of Sampling Points
00115           Sample Treatment
00206           Collector Area, Wet, Sq. Meters
00207           Collector Area, Dry, Sq. Meters
32000           Sample Size, Liters

32002           Sample Size, Milliliters
71995           Water Use, Primary
71996           Water Use, Secondary
71997           Water Use, Tertiary
71998           Water Use, Quaternary

71999           Sample Purpose
72005           Sample Source
72006           Sample Condition
74200           Sample Preservation Method
81352           Filter Pore Size

82075           Rinse Water Amount, Liters
82076           Exposure Area, Sq. Centimeters
82309           Contamination Source
82373           Sample Frequency
82398           Sample Method

84060           Topography-Physiographic Setting


                              R. J. Pickering

WRD Distribution: A, B, S, PO, FO

Key Words: water quality, WATSTORE, data handling

This memorandum does not supersede any previous memorandum