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DNR Online Databases
Below is a summary of DNR's major databases accessible through the web.
Quick jump:
Air Quality | Solid Waste | Wastewater | Water Quality & Monitoring
Wells, Intakes & Associated Geology | Natural Resources | Map Layers
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| One Stop |
Facility Explorer |
Data warehouse that links other environmental databases by facility site
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| Animal Feeding Operations |
AFO |
Tracks information related to animal feeding operations, including construction permits, management plans, and other requirements for confinements and open feedlots. |
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| Contaminated Sites |
Contaminated Sites |
Tracks contamination from a release of hazardous materials or hazardous waste products. |
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| Underground Storage Tanks |
UST/LUST Database System |
Tracks UST site location, site owners, tanks, Risk-Based Corrective Action (RBCA), site classification and remediation; and the current status of UST & Leaking UST sites. |
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Environment - Air Quality |
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| Air Quality |
State Permitting & Air Reporting System (SPARS) |
- Allows for online submittal of air quality construction & operating permit (Title V) applications
- Allows for online submittal of Title V & minor source emission inventories
- Tracks construction permit project status, provides summary reports, and links to PDFs of permits on DNR's website
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Reports
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| Environment - Solid Waste |
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Solid Waste |
Solid Waste Database |
Tracks permitting requirements for solid waste facilities. |
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| Solid Waste Alternatives Program (SWAP) |
SWAP Project Database |
Search and retrieval of documents from past SWAP projects.
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| Iowa Waste Exchange |
Waste Exchange Database |
This no-cost, non-regulatory, confidential service tracks matches of institutions that produce byproducts/waste with other groups interested in using or recycling those materials. Public portion allows for search and addition of available and wanted materials that organizations agree to make public. (Organization name is always held in confidence.)
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| Environment - Wastewater |
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Wastewater Treatment |
WWPIE |
Allows viewing of permits for NPDES individual permits for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment |
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| Stormwater |
Stormwater |
Tracks wastewater permits for NPDES General permits #1-3
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| Onsite Wastewater |
Onsite |
Tracks wastewater permits for NPDES General permit #4 (private septic systems)
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| Quarries |
GP5 |
Tracks wastewater permits for NPDES General permit #5
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| Environment - Wastewater/Water Supply |
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Operator Certification
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OpCert |
Tracks certification of operators for public water supply treatment/distribution and wastewater treatment and lagoons |
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| Water & Wastewater Construction Permitting, including State Revolving Fund projects |
W/WISARD (Water/ Wastewater Information System & Records Database) |
DNR issues project approvals and permits for construction of drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities.
IOWA SRF provides low interest loans for drinking water and wastewater treatment infrastructure improvements and non-point source water quality projects.
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| Environment - Water Quality & Monitoring |
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Water Monitoring |
STORET |
Ambient water quality monitoring of physical, chemical, biological and habitat data on Iowa’s rivers, lakes, groundwater and wetlands. |
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| Volunteer Water Monitoring |
IOWATER |
Tracks water quality monitoring data collected by volunteers.
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| Use Assessment & Attainability Analysis |
UA/UAA |
Tracks the designated uses for each stream and river in Iowa.
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| Water Quality Assessments |
ADBNet |
Tracks water body assessment decisions reported for the Clean Water Act 305(b)/303(d) Integrated Report.
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| Fish Kills |
Fish Kills |
Tracks fish kills.
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| Environment - Wells, Intakes & Associated Geology |
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Public Water Supplies |
Drinking Water Watch |
Tracks public water supplies in the Safe Drinking Water Information System. |
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| Water Use |
WUse |
Tracks water use permits.
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| Private Wells |
PWTS |
Tracks the construction and renovation of private wells and the plugging of abandoned wells.
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| Geology |
GeoSam |
Iowa Geological Survey's (IGS) geologic site and sample tracking program.
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| Natural Resources |
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Fish & Wildlife |
ELSI |
Hunting & Fishing licenses. |
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| Natural Areas Inventory |
NAI |
Tracks the status and distribution of threatened and endangered species of plants and animals, and natural communities, in Iowa. Public access is at the county level.
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| Sovereign Lands |
Tracking for Sovereign & Env. Review |
Tracks Sovereign Lands Construction Permit applications and environmental reviews. (Sovereign lands include state-owned land, such as state parks & habitat areas, and meandered streams.)
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| Lake Management |
FLM |
Lake Management information – some info is available to the public via the Water Web.
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| Biocriteria |
BIOCRIT |
Online version of Environmental Service Division’s Biocrit database, for fisheries data entry – data will be made available via Water Web.
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| Iowa Lake Information System |
ILIS |
Water Quality data for Iowa lakes.
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| Iowa Rivers Information System |
IRIS |
River and stream fishery data and map server.
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| Lake Fish Surveys |
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Online warehouse of lake fishery data – data will be made available via Water Web, Lake Mini-reports, and Iowa Lake Information System.
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In development at ISU |
In development at ISU |
| Iowa Lake Mini-reports |
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Customized mini-reporting system based on various lake databases listed above.
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In development at ISU |
| Map Layers |
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Natural Resources Geographic Information System |
NRGIS Library |
Database of all the GIS layer data sets. |
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For a list of DNR’s Interactive Mapping Sites, go to: http://csbweb.igsb.uiowa.edu/imsgate/introduction/home.asp
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