Water quality in Canadian rivers – Water quality at monitoring sites

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. Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators - Home page: https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators 2024-04-25 Environment and Climate Change Canada Indicateurs-Indicators@ec.gc.ca Form DescriptorsNature and EnvironmentSociety and CultureScience and TechnologyWaterWater - QualityObservation/MeasurementAssess Toxicity; Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and WasteMonitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air; Water; Soil; BiotaEnvironmental indicatorsWater qualityRiversNational (CA) Data sources and methods – EnglishHTML https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/water-quality-canadian-rivers.html#DSM Data sources and methods – FrenchHTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/environnement-changement-climatique/services/indicateurs-environnementaux/qualite-eau-cours-eau-canadiens.html#DSM Interactive indicator map – EnglishHTML https://indicators-map.canada.ca/App/CESI_ICDE?keys=Water_Quality&GoCTemplateCulture=en-CA Interactive indicator map – FrenchHTML https://carte-indicateurs.canada.ca/App/CESI_ICDE?keys=Water_Quality&GoCTemplateCulture=fr-CA Water quality at monitoring sites, Canada – RESTESRI REST https://maps-cartes.ec.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/CESI/MapServer/5 Water quality at monitoring sites, Canada – RESTESRI REST https://maps-cartes.ec.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/ICDE/MapServer/5 Water quality at monitoring sites, Canada – WMSWMS https://maps-cartes.ec.gc.ca/arcgis/services/CESI/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&layers=34&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/html Water quality at monitoring sites, Canada – WMSWMS https://maps-cartes.ec.gc.ca/arcgis/services/ICDE/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&layers=34&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/html Water quality in Canadian rivers – EnglishHTML https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/water-quality-canadian-rivers.html Water quality in Canadian rivers – FrenchHTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/environnement-changement-climatique/services/indicateurs-environnementaux/qualite-eau-cours-eau-canadiens.html Data table – English (CSV; 145 kB)CSV https://indicators-map.canada.ca/CSVs/en/Water%20quality%20at%20monitoring%20sites.csv Data table – French (CSV; 148 kB)CSV https://carte-indicateurs.canada.ca/CSVs/fr/Qualit%C3%A9%20de%20leau%20aux%20sites%20de%20suivi.csv Google Earth – English (KMZ; 29.2 kB)KMZ https://indicators-map.canada.ca/KMZs/en/Water%20quality%20at%20monitoring%20sites.kmz Google Earth – French (KMZ; 30.1 kB)KMZ https://carte-indicateurs.canada.ca/KMZs/fr/Qualit%C3%A9%20de%20leau%20aux%20sites%20de%20suivi.kmz

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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