Helper Function to Apply Uses to Unassigned Assessment Units by Water Type

This is a helper function to TADA_CreateUseAURef and is meant to assist users with reviewing all water type and use name combinations from their organization. This function will help to assign ATTAINS use names to any new or modified assessment unit provided from a user's AUMLRef if there are any.

Usage

TADA_CreateWaterUseRef(.data, org_id = NULL, waterUseRef = NULL)

Arguments

.data

A TADA dataframe. The user should run all desired data cleaning, processing, harmonization, filtering, and handling of censored data functions prior to running this function.

org_id

The ATTAINS organization identifier must be supplied by the user. A list of organization identifiers can be found by downloading the ATTAINS Domains Excel file: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/other-files/2025-02/domains_2025-02-25.xlsx. organization identifiers are listed in the "OrgName" tab. The "code" column contains the organization identifiers that should be used for this param. If a user does not provide an org_id argument, the function attempts to identify which organization identifier(s) to include based on the unique ATTAINS organization identifiers found in the dataframe.

waterUseRef

An optional data frame input. If provided, this data frame should contain a completed crosswalk of use names associated with a water type. Users will need to ensure this crosswalk contains the appropriate column names in order to run the function.

Value

A data frame with all the MonitoringLocationIdentifier Sites for a defined AU.

Details

This function will assume all use names applies to a water type from the prior assessment cycles are being done for an organization's assessment. Users are expected to modify this ref file as needed.

See also

TADA_CreateUseAURef()

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
TADA_CreateWaterUseRef(TADA_AK_EXAMPLE, org_id = "AKDECWQ")
} # }