A new VIMS data web site is on line, which has been developed to serve high frequency spatial mapping water quality data, data from a series of fixed continuously recording data sondes located in shallow water areas, and realtime physical parameters from buoys in the York River. Users of the VECOS (Virginia Estuarine and Coastal Observing System) web site can access both surface maps, time-series graphs of water-quality data, and real time physical parameters. You can also download the QA/QC'd data directly. A data web service also allows for automated uploading of data to the EPA Chesapeake Bay Information Management System (CIMS). Data (including NERRS water quality stations data) are currently available for the York River for 2003 through the present, the Piankatank Rivers for 2004 through 2006, the James River for 2005 through the present, and the Rappahannock River and Virginia Embayments of the Potomac River beginning in 2007. In the future other information will be available on line including: continuous, real-time, water quality and weather monitoring data from a variety of sites in the lower bay and its tributaries. Our goal is to provide one web portal for much of our enhanced monitoring capabilities here at VIMS that can be readily accessed for research, management and other purposes. Check it out. You can get to it either directly or through a rollover link on the main VIMS web page under "RESOURCES."