Water quality in Canadian rivers – Water quality at monitoring sites
The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Water quality in Canadian rivers indicators provide a measure of the ability of river water across Canada to support plants and animals. At each monitoring site, water quality data are compared to water quality guidelines to create a rating for the site. If measured water quality is below the guidelines, it can maintain a healthy ecosystem. Water quality at a monitoring site is considered excellent when substances in a river are very rarely measured above their guidelines. Conversely, water quality is rated poor when measurements are usually above their guidelines, sometimes by a wide margin. These indicators provide information about the state of surface water quality and its change through time, to support water resource management. Information is provided to Canadians in a number of formats including: static and interactive maps, charts and graphs, HTML and CSV data tables and downloadable reports. See the supplementary documentation for the data sources and details on how the data were collected and how the indicator was calculated.
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- 2024-02-29
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- 2013-04-18
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eng; CAN
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- Environment
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environmental indicators, water, local, Canadian rivers, water quality, freshwater quality, water pollution, aquatic life, drainage region, monitoring sites
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Water
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Water - Quality
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Observation/Measurement
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Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste
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Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota
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Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
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Environmental indicators
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Water
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Water quality
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Rivers
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National (CA)
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Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )
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- 2020-01-01
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- 2022-12-31
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- http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3978 /