Columbia River Basin Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Data

Long-term freshwater quality monitoring data for over 13 sites in the Columbia River Basin for the past 15 years or longer for nutrients, metals, major ions, and other physical-chemical variables are included in this dataset. Monitoring is conducted by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and under the Canada-British Columbia Water Quality Monitoring Agreement to assess water quality status and long-term trends, detect emerging issues, establish water quality guidelines and track the effectiveness of remedial measures and regulatory decisions.

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Metadata Record Information

File Identifier
5c8c252a-0306-403a-b21a-3457b5715286 XML
Date Stamp
2021-12-08T14:19:06
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Dataset
Author
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 ,
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 

Data identification

Date (Creation)
2015-11-12
Date (Publication)
2016-05-02
Status
On going
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Inland waters
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Monthly
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Kristie Trainor ( Section Head )
Canada

Keywords

Theme

  • Monitoring

  • Observation/Measurement

  • Surveillance

  • Status

  • Nutrients

  • Major ions

  • Transboundary

  • Pesticides
Place

  • Columbia

  • Kootenay

  • Kettle

  • Elk

  • Kicking Horse

  • Beaver

  • Illecillewaet

  • Pend D'Oreille

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Water quality

  • Surface water

  • Trends

  • Rivers

  • Lakes

  • Environment

  • Bacteria

  • Federal provincial agreements

  • Environmental indicators

  • Metals

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Water - Quality

  • Water

Business Functions

  • Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste

  • Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota

Geography

  • British Columbia (BC)

  • Water - Drainage regions - Columbia

  • Water - Ocean basin - Pacific Ocean

  • Water - Major drainage area - Great Slave Lake

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Science and Technology Branch

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Water Science and Technology

external.theme.EC_Program_PAA

  • 1.2.1. Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystems Health

external.theme.GC_Security_Level

  • Unclassified
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )

Access Constraints
License
Use Constraints
License
Begin Date
2000-01-01

Extent

N
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Ref. system Reference Systems

Reference system identifier
EPSG / EPSG:4326 /
 

Distribution

Distribution Formats

Distribution format
  • CSV ( unknown )

 
Distributor
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 ,
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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Keywords

Beaver Columbia Elk Illecillewaet Kettle Kicking Horse Kootenay Major ions Monitoring Nutrients Observation/Measurement Pend D'Oreille Pesticides Status Surveillance Transboundary
Business Functions
Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota
ECCC Information Category EN
Water Water - Quality
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Bacteria Environment Environmental indicators Federal provincial agreements Lakes Metals Rivers Surface water Trends Water quality
external.theme.EC_Branch
Science and Technology Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate
Water Science and Technology
external.theme.EC_Program_PAA
1.2.1. Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystems Health
external.theme.GC_Security_Level
Unclassified

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