Provincial Water Quality Monitoring Network (PWQMN)
The Provincial (Stream) Water Quality Monitoring Network (PWQMN) measures water quality in rivers and streams across Ontario.Over 400 locations are currently monitored in partnership with Ontario's Conservation Authorities, participating municipalities and provincial parks.Partners collect water samples on an approximately monthly basis and deliver them to the Ministry's laboratory where they are analyzed for a suite of water quality indicators. The program has been operating since 1964 providing a valuable database for tracking changes in water quality over time. More recently, special studies have been implemented in agricultural and urban watersheds to collect additional information in support of source protection planning and nutrient, road salts and pesticides management.
Version | 3.0.0 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.25976/tnw0-3x43 |
Data Steward Email | pwqmn@ontario.ca |
Data Collection Organization | Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks |
Data Upload Organization | Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks |
Progress Code | onGoing |
Maintenance Frequency Code | unknown |
Topic Category Code | inlandWaters |
Spatial Extent | -94.592393° 42.011697°, -74.09438° 54.654225° (W S, E N) |
Temporal Extent | 1964-06-10 to 2020-12-17 |
Date Published | 2022-02-10 |
Alternate Formats | FGP HNAP ISO:19115-2 (XML), W3C DCAT (XML), W3C DCAT (JSON-LD) |
Citation
Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks. 2022-02-10. "Provincial Water Quality Monitoring Network (PWQMN)" (dataset). 3.0.0. DataStream. https://doi.org/10.25976/tnw0-3x43.
Funding Sources
Water quality
Open Government Licence (OGL)
See disclaimer for details. https://www.ontario.ca/page/open-government-licence-ontario
API Access
https://api.datastream.org/v1/odata/v4/Records?$filter=DOI%20eq%20%2710.25976%2Ftnw0-3x43%27
curl -G https://api.datastream.org/v1/odata/v4/Records --data-urlencode "\$filter=DOI eq '10.25976/tnw0-3x43'" -H "x-api-key: PRIVATE-API-KEY"
Changelog
v3.0.0
2022-02-08 (2022-02-08T03:56:54.618Z)
Added new 2020 data.
Schema | v2.6.4 |
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Digest | SHA3-256=ce0b4a26439d8fa2ab7c660baba2917208985a1f59730e764a6dc419b3ab2286 |
File size | 2.16 GB |
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v2.0.0
2021-04-16 (2021-04-16T15:49:52.825Z)
Dataset information change
File size | 2.06 GB |
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v1.0.0
2020-09-01 (2020-09-01T20:27:27.753Z)
Automated Integration
Schema | v2.0.3 |
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Digest | SHA2-256:b41d732bac13931c3655056a41af77f95da23ebe6440fcfdfac97fa9761b1975 |
File size | 2.06 GB |
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