Water Stewardship Information Sources

Resource Name Water Survey of Canada (WSC)
Unique File Number 164
Information Type Monitoring
Surface Water A
Aquatic Ecosystem A
Groundwater A
Groundwater & Surface Water A
Management for Natural & Industrial Hazards A
Strengths
Limitations
Challenges
Outstanding Research Questions
Outstanding Research Questions
Information Subtype status and trend
Organization Environment Canada
Resource Name Water Survey of Canada (WSC)
Resource Purpose The national authority responsible for the collection, interpretation and dissemination of standardized water resource data and information in Canada.
Type of Information real time and archived hydrometric data for flow gage stations in BC
How does this help decision making? Information about water quantity
Program Status Ongoing
NE Coverage Coverage in NE BC
Drinking Water
Ecosystem
Fish
Groundwater
Public Safety
SW Quality
SW Quantity Y
Link http://www.ec.gc.ca/rhc-wsc/
Text Query http://www.wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/text_search/search_e.html
Google Earth http://www.wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/google_map/google_map_e.html
iMap Path Link Fresh Water and Marine/BC Hydrometric Stations
Spatial Metadata https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/geometadata/metadataDetail.do?recordUID=43931&recordSet=ISO19115
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Contact Email [email protected]