Water Monitoring Stations Environmental Protection Agency

Water monitoring stations used by the EPA and Local Authorities are registered on EDEN Monitoring Data System by an application called the Feature Coding Tool (FCT). This tool applies a unique code to river, lake, transitional, coastal or groundwater stations registered on it.美国环境保护署（EPA）与地方主管部门使用的水环境监测站，通过一款名为要素编码工具（Feature Coding Tool, FCT）的应用程序，在EDEN监测数据系统（EDEN Monitoring Data System）完成注册登记。该工具会为平台上注册的河流、湖泊、过渡水域、近岸海域及地下水监测站分配唯一识别编码。