Surface Water Quality Monitoring Network Grab Sample Water Quality Data
data.novascotia.ca | Last Updated 6 May 2024The Nova Scotia Automated Surface Water Quality Monitoring Network was established in 2002 to assess water quality in surface waters across the province at five stations. In 2019 the station list was modified to reduce overlap with Environment and Climate Change Canada surface water quality monitoring stations. The results are used to help manage water resources, determine baseline water quality in lakes and watercourses throughout the province, evaluate the impact of human activities on surface water, and assess long term trends in water quality. The following weblink connects to a Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Climate Change web map that includes the five monitoring station locations within the province and an alternative method for downloading the same datasets: http://nse.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=7ded7a30bef44f848e8a4fc8672c89bd
This dataset has the following 26 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|
| DatasetName | datasetname | text | NS Government Surface Water Quality Monitoring Network Grab Data view top 100 |
| MonitoringLocationID | monitoringlocationid | text | NS01ED9111 NS01DL0009 NS01FB0001 NS01EF0002 NS01EO0001 view top 100 |
| MonitoringLocationName | monitoringlocationname | text | KYR-HYDROLABREMOVED-0M LHR-HYDROLABREMOVED-0M SHE-HYDROLABEREMOVED-0M NEM-HYDROLABREMOVED-0M STM-HYDROLABREMOVED-0M view top 100 |
| MonitoringLocationType | monitoringlocationtype | text | River/Stream view top 100 |
| ActivityType | activitytype | text | Sample-Routine Field Msr/Obs-Portable Data Logger view top 100 |
| ActivityMediaName | activitymedianame | text | Surface Water view top 100 |
| ActivityStartDate | activitystartdate | calendar_date | 2020-04-16T00:00:00.000 2020-07-13T00:00:00.000 2023-06-27T00:00:00.000 2022-11-28T00:00:00.000 2023-05-03T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| ActivityStartTime | activitystarttime | text | 1899-12-31T11:00:00.000 1899-12-31T12:00:00.000 1899-12-31T13:00:00.000 1899-12-31T14:00:00.000 1899-12-31T10:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| ActivityDepthHeightMeasure | activitydepthheightmeasure | number | -0.3 view top 100 |
| ActivityDepthHeightUnit | activitydepthheightunit | text | m view top 100 |
| SampleCollectionEquipmentName | samplecollectionequipmentname | text | Water Bottle Probe/Sensor view top 100 |
| CharacteristicName | characteristicname | text | Conductivity pH Turbidity Organic Carbon Copper view top 100 |
| MethodSpeciation | methodspeciation | text | as N as P as CaCO3 * view top 100 |
| ResultSampleFraction | resultsamplefraction | text | Total Dissolved Unfiltered filtered Filtered view top 100 |
| ResultValue | resultvalue | number | 2 0.5 5 1 0.01 view top 100 |
| ResultUnit | resultunit | text | ug/l mg/L mg/l none NTU view top 100 |
| ResultValueType | resultvaluetype | text | Actual Calculated view top 100 |
| ResultDetectionCondition | resultdetectioncondition | text | Below Detection Limit/Quantification Limit view top 100 |
| ResultDetectionQuantitationLimitMeasure | resultdetectionquantitationlimitmeasure | number | 2 0.5 5 1 0.01 view top 100 |
| ResultDetectionQuantitationLimitUnit | resultdetectionquantitationlimitunit | text | ug/l mg/L mg/l mg/m3 umho/cm view top 100 |
| ResultDetectionQuantitationLimitType | resultdetectionquantitationlimittype | text | Lower Reporting Unit view top 100 |
| ResultStatusID | resultstatusid | text | Preliminary view top 100 |
| ResultComment | resultcomment | text | No Value Accredited lab for analysis Sample analysis conducted above 7 day holding time. Elevated Detection Limit Sample sent to accredited lab for analysis view top 100 |
| LaboratoryName | laboratoryname | text | NS Health Authority AGAT Laboratories view top 100 |
| LaboratorySampleID | laboratorysampleid | text | 8000574429 8000989277 8000590055 8000578801 8000582430 view top 100 |
| MonitoringLocationWaterbody | monitoringlocationwaterbody | text | Shelburne River at Pollard's Falls Bridge Kelley River at Eight Mile Ford North East Margaree River at Margaree Valley LaHave River at West Northfield St. Mary's River at Stillwater view top 100 |