diff --git a/R/readWQPdata.R b/R/readWQPdata.R
index 51b2525b45ddbd75750507c5be26a31170663b19..a54b8ecf14a13939dde226354fe569b4995b1beb 100644
--- a/R/readWQPdata.R
+++ b/R/readWQPdata.R
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ readWQPdata <- function(...){
   
   matchReturn <- list(...)
 
-  values <- sapply(matchReturn, function(x) URLencode(as.character(paste(eval(x),collapse=";",sep=""))))
+  values <- sapply(matchReturn, function(x) as.character(paste(eval(x),collapse=";",sep="")))
   
   if("bBox" %in% names(values)){
     values['bBox'] <- gsub(pattern = ";", replacement = ",", x = values['bBox'])
@@ -141,16 +141,13 @@ readWQPdata <- function(...){
   } else {
     tz <- ""
   }
-  
-  values <- gsub(",","%2C",values)
-  values <- gsub(";","%3B",values)
+
   values <- gsub("%20","+",values)
-  values <- gsub(":","%3A",values)
   
   urlCall <- paste(paste(names(values),values,sep="="),collapse="&")
   
-  
   baseURL <- "http://www.waterqualitydata.us/Result/search?"
+  # baseURL <- "http://wqp-test.er.usgs.gov/Result/search?&sorted=no"
   urlCall <- paste0(baseURL,
                    urlCall,
                    "&mimeType=tsv")
diff --git a/R/whatWQPsites.R b/R/whatWQPsites.R
index e7533219206341be6403e3c6330f9faba2eae2f9..a425df3e0caa990bd3ddcbf4ef61aff8d5b58d74 100644
--- a/R/whatWQPsites.R
+++ b/R/whatWQPsites.R
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ whatWQPsites <- function(...){
 
   matchReturn <- list(...)
   
-  values <- sapply(matchReturn, function(x) URLencode(as.character(paste(eval(x),collapse=";",sep=""))))
+  values <- sapply(matchReturn, function(x) as.character(paste(eval(x),collapse=";",sep="")))
   
   if("tz" %in% names(values)){
     values <- values[!(names(values) %in% "tz")]
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ whatWQPsites <- function(...){
     names(values)[names(values) == "stateCd"] <- "statecode"
   }
   
-  values <- gsub(",","%2C",values)
-  values <- gsub(";","%3B",values)
+#   values <- gsub(",","%2C",values)
+#   values <- gsub(";","%3B",values)
   values <- gsub("%20","+",values)
-  values <- gsub(":","%3A",values)
+  # values <- gsub(":","%3A",values)
   
   if("bBox" %in% names(values)){
     values['bBox'] <- gsub(pattern = ";", replacement = ",", x = values['bBox'])
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ whatWQPsites <- function(...){
   
   
   baseURL <- "http://www.waterqualitydata.us/Station/search?"
+  # baseURL <- "http://wqp-test.er.usgs.gov/Station/search?sorted=no&"
   urlCall <- paste(baseURL,
                urlCall,
                "&mimeType=tsv",sep = "")