Next, select the desired STEERS program for the selected user account as follows: Public Drinking Water - Laboratories (PDWLAB) Select the applicable “Access Type” as follows: PDW System Read - iew only PDW System Edit - iew, create, delete, and modify PDW System Sign and Submit - iew, create, delete, modify, sign, and submit Enter the PDW System ID(s) as follows: Public Drinking Water - Laboratories (PDWLAB) Lab ID Once “Access Type”, “Authorization Type”, and “PDW System ID” are selected/entered, on the “Add IDs” button to continue. On the confirmation/review page, click on the “Confirm Add” button to save your selection. Please note that a new STEERS user accounts will have a “probation” status until the signed STEERS Participation Agreement (SPA) is received by the TCEQ (either by mail or electronically). To access the STEERS Participation Agreement (SPA), click on the “Account Summary” button on the top of the page. Once the STEERS Account Summary page is opened, the options for SPA are made available as follows: For mailing of SPA, click on the “Paper SPA” button to access STEERS Participation Agreement (SPA).
5 An alternative name for the Public Water System 40 N/A Open field 6 S_SYSTEM_TYPE The type of water system 2 Mandatory “PU”- indicates the water system is a public water system. 7 B_REPLACEMENT_INDICATOR Indicates whether or not the sample is a for a previous sample 1 Mandatory 8 Agency certifies – will always be ‘STATE’ 10 Mandatory “STATE” 9 State assigned Laboratory number 10 Mandatory State-assigned lab accreditation ID. Must be current in SDWIS system or will fail second validation. Numeric Numeric Numeric Numeric Numeric
10 B_WSF_STATE_ASGN_ID State assigned Public Water System facility 12 O Use DS01 for the following codes: RT, RP, CN, SP Use the Source ID for RW – e.g. G#######(A) 11 B_SAMPLING_POINT Type of sampling point. See Business Rules for 12 O “DSTCRRT” “DSTCRRP” “ASM” OR “TSM” “DSTCRSP” 12 B_SAMPLING_LOCATION Location of sampling point 40 O RT: “ROUTINE TCR SAMPLE, RP:”REPEAT TCR SAMPLE, SP:”SPECIAL TCR SAMPLE”, CN-“SPECIAL TCR SAMPLE” RW-“WELL TAP”. 13 B_SAMPLE_CATEGORY State sample category – will always be ‘TC’ (Total Coliform) 2 Mandatory “TC” Numeric Numeric Numeric
14 B_COMPLIANCE_INDICATOR Indicates whether or not a sample is taken for purposes 1 Mandatory “Y”RT,RP, RW “N”SP CN. 15 B_DOC The date in which the sample was collected Date 10 Mandatory Value must be or the current date. Date of Collection in format 16 B_TOC The time the sample was collected Time 11 in 24 hour format 17 B_SAMPLE_TYPE The type of sample collected – see Business 2 Mandatory 18 B_REPEAT_LOCATION The location where a repeat sample was collected – see Business Rules 2 Optional ust be either one of the following: UP (upstream) DN (downstream) OR (original)
19 B_LAB_REC_DATE The date in which the laboratory received the sample 10 Optional Date of Collection in format 20 B_COLLECTOR_NAME The name of the sample collector 40 Optional “First Name Last Name” o punctuation allowed 21 B_SAMPLE_VOLUME The volume of the sample taken 9 “100” 22 This field is not applicable 3 N/A Open field 23 The reason for a sample being rejected 2 Conditionally Mandatory BPInvalid sampling point BRBroken CLChlorine present EHExceeds holding time EVExcessive Volume FZFrozen sample HBHeavy Bacterial Growth INInsufficient information IPInvalid sampling protocol LALab accident Rejected LTLeaked in transit NCNo chlorine residual STHeavy Silt or Turbidity Present VOInsufficient volume
29 B_FREE_CHLORINE_RESIDUAL The measure of free chlorine residual in the system Conditionally Mandatory 30 The measure of total chlorine residual in the system Conditionally Mandatory 31 The of the when the sample was not delivered on ice by the PWS. Conditionally Mandatory 32 Unit of measure for 1 This must be valued if field is valued. Temperature Unit of Measure - either C (Celsius). e
33 B_TURBIDITY_MEASURE The measure of turbidity of the collected sample N/A Open field 34 B_PH_MEASURE The pH measure of the collected sample N/A Open 35 B_FLOW_RATE The measured flow rate at the time and location of the collected sample N/A Open field 36 B_SAMPLE_PURPOSE The reason for the sample collection 2 O 37 The code, provided by TCEQ 6 N/A Open field
38 Agency for certifying the lab which analyzed the originating sample 10 Conditionally Mandatory 39 Laboratory number for lab which analyzed the originating sample 10 Conditionally Mandatory 40 B_SAMPLE_COMMENTS Used for entering the Sample Location 1000 Mandatory 41 B_ANALYTE_CODE analyte code 4 Mandatory "3100"
42 B_ANALYSIS_SDATE Date on which analysis of the sample started 10 Optional Sample will be rejected if Analysis Date supplied is prior to Sample Collection Date. 43 B_ANALYSIS_STIME Time in which analysis of the sample started 11 Optional 24 hour format 44 B_ANALYSIS_COM_DATE Date on analysis of the sample completed 10 Optional 45 B_ANALYSIS_COM_TIME Time in which analysis of the sample completed 11 Optional 24 hour format 46 B_STATE_NDATE Date on which TCEQ was notified of the sample analysis result 10 Optional format
55 B_COUNT_UNITS Unit of Measure for the field 9 N/A Open field 56 B_COUNT_TYPE Count of microbe type 10 N/A Open field 57 B_LESS_THAN_INDICATOR This field is not applicable 1 N/A Open field 58 B_LESS_THAN_CODE This field is not applicable 3 N/A Open field 59 B_DETECTION_LEVEL This field is not applicable N/A Open 60 This field is not applicable 9 N/A Open 61 B_CONCENTRATION This is not applicable N/A Open field 62 This field is not applicable 9 N/A Open field
68 L_RECEIVED_BY Name of Lab associate who received the result 40 Optional Lab informational only 69 L_ENTERED_BY Name of Lab associate who entered the result 40 Optional Lab informational only 70 B_DE Date on which the result was entered 10 Optional