Water Stewardship Information Sources

Resource Name BC and Yukon Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance Program
Unique File Number 166
Information Type Monitoring
Surface Water A
Aquatic Ecosystem A
Groundwater B
Groundwater & Surface Water B
Management for Natural & Industrial Hazards B
Strengths
Limitations
Challenges
Outstanding Research Questions
Outstanding Research Questions
Information Subtype status and trend
Organization Environment Canada and Ministry of Environment
Resource Name BC and Yukon Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance Program
Resource Purpose Regular monitoring of water quality at stations across Canada
Type of Information physical and chemical surface water quality parameters, Google map layer showing station locations
How does this help decision making? Provides baseline and trend information to determine who conditions have changed
Program Status Ongoing
NE Coverage Coverage in NE BC
Drinking Water
Ecosystem
Fish
Groundwater
Public Safety
SW Quality Y
SW Quantity
Link http://ec.gc.ca/eaudouce-freshwater/default.asp?lang=En&n=6F77A064-1
Text Query http://waterquality.ec.gc.ca/waterqualityweb/searchtext.aspx?lang=EN
Google Earth On text query page (see link to the right) look for light blue link under station type
iMap Path Link
Spatial Metadata
Map
Contact Email [email protected]