Water quality in Canadian rivers indicators

Water quality in Canadian rivers indicators The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada’s performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The data collection contains datasets that track water quality within Canada. 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. 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. Supplemental Information Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators - Home page: https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators 2022-02-21 Environment and Climate Change Canada open-ouvert@tbs-sct.gc.ca Nature and EnvironmentWaterWater qualityRiversEnvironmental indicatorsenvironenvironmental indicatorswaternationalCanadian riverswater qualityfreshwaterwater pollutionaquatic lifedrainage regionmonitoring siteshuman activityhuman impactspressureswater quality guidelinessurface water FedRawData.csvCSV https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/FedRawData.csv FedTrendData.csvCSV https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/FedTrendData.csv FedWQIScores.csvCSV http://data.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/FedWQIScores.csv Water-Qual-Eau-TableDescriptions.csvCSV https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/Water-Qual-Eau-TableDescriptions.csv Water-Qual-Eau-VariableInfo_WQI.csvCSV https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/Water-Qual-Eau-VariableInfo_WQI.csv Data sources and methodsHTML https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/water-quality-canadian-rivers.html#DSM Data sources and methodsHTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/environnement-changement-climatique/services/indicateurs-environnementaux/qualite-eau-cours-eau-canadiens.html#DSM Indicator page – Water quality in Canadian riversHTML https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/water-quality-canadian-rivers.html Indicator page – Water quality in Canadian riversHTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/environnement-changement-climatique/services/indicateurs-environnementaux/qualite-eau-cours-eau-canadiens.html National Long-term Water Quality Monitoring DataHTML https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/5133b19b-6a92-44b2-8b12-a49731b56421 National Long-term Water Quality Monitoring DataHTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/5133b19b-6a92-44b2-8b12-a49731b56421 wqi_E.kmlKML https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/wqi_E.kml wqi_E.kmzKMZ https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/wqi_E.kmz wqi_F.kmlKML https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/wqi_F.kml wqi_F.kmzKMZ https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/wqi_F.kmz View ECCC Data Mart (English)HTML https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/ View ECCC Data Mart (French)HTML https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/?lang=fr

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada’s performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The data collection contains datasets that track water quality within Canada. 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. 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.

Supplemental Information

Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators - Home page:

https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators

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