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Running head: CISP 247 DESIGN DATABASE FOR COMPANY

CISP 247 Design Database for Company

Mary Janas

Davenport University

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The Pennsylvia Department of Protection (PDP), The State Wetland Program (SWP), and

Massachutes environmental agency are all companies that provide testing, collect and distribute

information and track pollution. These companies are run by local or federal government. They

collect information on water the pollutions to protect people, plants, animals and the

environment. These protection agencies research how pollutants got into the water and do

research on how to help protect and clean the water.

These agencies test the drinking water to ensure public safety. The data kept is on the

different types of environmental hazards that was found such as radon, bacteria and lead. The

water tested comes from different sources, for example, lakes, drinking wells, and beaches even

water sewage treatment plants.

These agencies have labs and other governmental agencies collect the samples such as

the local health department. The samples could be water that is sent in, plant or wildlife. Samples

need to be identified as of location of collection, time and date, and who collected the samples

from what location.

These agencies also provide testing to the public as a service. The homes that are tested

must have data collected on water type, environmental hazards, if any, and a follow up test after

the home user has fixed the problem. The solutions to these should be kept on a public database.

The information on home owners locations, and names should not be public, but this source data

should be maintained on an internal database and not accessible to the public.

In protecting the waters, the laboratories locations, types of tests, workers, as well as the

results are maintained through one central database. The labs have procedures that must be

followed which contain strict instructions on the kinds of tests, how to test, when to test and

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where and when the results are to be stored. The chain of command, a procedure that is tracked

in the lab is also documented.

Databases are also maintained on when and where the containments environmental

hazards have occurred in the past. They types of containments that were found, how much was

found and what was done is also a part of these agencies responsibilities.

Compliance to laws is another responsibility. The database should contain local and

federal laws. Who had the violation, what the violation was and when, if ever the violation has

occurred.

After the data from the water source is tested and recorded, groups or committees are

formed to analyze the data. The committees need to keep track of funding, employees or

volunteers addresses, phone numbers, and findings.

Many manuals are on procedures, testing and what to do when containments are found

can be found on the web site and is for the public as well as volunteers and employees. The web

sites must also be regulated for information, suggestion actions, and information relevant to the

company.

Water protection is not only intended for humans but also for wildlife, so databases are

kept on populations of local fish, birds and mammals. Information on these animals is kept as to

size and condition. Death of the animals is also important because tracking how they died lead

may lead to information on pollutants.

Plant samples are also taken and compared to previous samples; the data is collected and

stored for analysis. Type of plant, size, and location should be included in the database.

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References

ASWM: State Wetland Programs. (n.d.). Retrieved November 22, 2010, from State Wetland

Programs: http://www.aswm.org/swp/states.htm

Bureau of Radiation Protection Radon Division. (n.d.). Retrieved November 22, 2010, from

Bureau of Radiation Protection--Radon Division--Radon in Water:

http://www.dep.state.pa.us/brp/Radon_Division/Radon_in_Water.htm

Water, Wastewater & Wetlands. (n.d.). Retrieved November 22, 2010, from

http://www.mass.gov/dep/water