{"id":37808,"date":"2023-10-17T00:19:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T14:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlanstormwater.com\/au\/?p=37808"},"modified":"2025-11-26T19:48:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T09:48:40","slug":"sqidep-myth-can-sqidep-events-be-cherry-picked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlanstormwater.com\/au\/sqidep-myth-can-sqidep-events-be-cherry-picked\/","title":{"rendered":"SQIDEP Myth: Can SQIDEP Events Be Cherry Picked?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"37808\" class=\"elementor elementor-37808\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9823fa9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9823fa9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e362f46 elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"e362f46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">SQIDEP Myth: Rainfall Events Can Be Cherry Picked<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\">Myth Claim: During SQIDEP assessment, rainfall events can be chosen to only show the most favourable<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"elementor-alert-dismiss\" aria-label=\"Dismiss this alert.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b88a251 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b88a251\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>SQIDEP is a robust, repeatable framework that is supported by a process that involves two independent evaluators, backing from leading industry-body Stormwater Australia, and follows key checks and balances to avoid poor quality data. These include &#8211;<\/p><ul><li>Independent sample collection<\/li><li>Independent lab analysis<\/li><li>Independent results collation<\/li><li>Independent reporting &amp; submission<\/li><li>2 x Independent Evaluators<\/li><li>Independent Governance review<\/li><\/ul><p>Testing, data collation and reporting are performed by third-party organisations independent of the claimant (supplier). Evaluators have been selected by Stormwater Australia based on their reputation and professional expertise, which ensures that their assessments are upheld by rigorous data reviewing and evaluation.<\/p><p>Cherry picked data is a key area that these two independent evaluators specifically look for. In all the SQIDEP Evaluations thus far a rainfall record has been presented along with commentary on the presented events. Following the protocol, SQIDEP submissions contain complete rainfall data and commentary to explain inclusions and exclusions.<\/p><p>Compliance with this transparent testing process requires that evaluators review these datasets to ensure that they are accurate and representative &#8211; and are not cherry-picked.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SQIDEP Myth: Rainfall Events Can Be Cherry Picked Myth Claim: During SQIDEP assessment, rainfall events can be chosen to only show the most favourable \u00d7 Dismiss this alert. SQIDEP is a robust, repeatable framework that is supported by a process that involves two independent evaluators, backing from leading industry-body Stormwater Australia, and follows key checks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[315,355],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faq","category-sqidep-faq"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SQIDEP Myth: Can SQIDEP Events Be Cherry Picked?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Uncover the truth behind the SQIDEP myth about cherry-picking events and what the guidelines really require. 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