Dataset
Beaufort Watershed Stewards Water Quality Monitoring Data
BWS monitors streams on the eastern slopes of the Beaufort Range on Vancouver Island, between the town of Royston and the unincorporated town of Fanny Bay. We also do flow measurements and ground water monitoring, all as part of our mission which is: "to work to promote the health and resilience of local watersheds in the Beaufort Range and to ensure the quality and quantity of fresh water for the future."
| Version | 4.1.0 |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.25976/30dz-8f05 |
| Data Steward Email | director.tech@beaufortwater.org |
| Data Collection Organization | Beaufort Watershed Stewards |
| Data Upload Organization | Beaufort Watershed Stewards |
| Progress Code | onGoing |
| Maintenance Frequency Code | asNeeded |
| Topic Category Code | inlandWaters |
| Keywords | Water quality, turbidity, temerature, specific conductivity, dissolved oxygen, Beaufort Range, Mud Bay Creek, Waterloo Creek, Wilfred Creek, AppleCherry Creek, Cowie Creek, Tsable River, Emily Creek, Hindoo Creek, Hart Creek, Spence Creek, Bloedel Cr |
| Spatial Extent | -124.985° 49.468°, -124.795° 49.642° (W S, E N) |
| Temporal Extent | 2020-01-14 to 2023-12-26 |
| Date Published | |
| Alternate Formats | FGP-HNAP ISO:19115-2 (XML) , W3C DCAT (XML) , W3C DCAT (JSON-LD) |
Citation
Beaufort Watershed Stewards. 2024-05-10. "Beaufort Watershed Stewards Water Quality Monitoring Data" (dataset). 4.1.0. DataStream. https://doi.org/10.25976/30dz-8f05.
Funding Sources
General BWS budget
Data Collection Information
A YSI probe (Pro Quatro Cable including Temperature, Specific Conductivity, and Dissolved Oxygen - galvanic sensor using 1.25 mil membrane) is used with a YSI Pro Plus or a YSI ProQuatro to collect data in specific locations every two weeks and weekly during low-flow (summer) conditions and after the first heavy rains of fall. A Hanna Turbidity Meter (HI98703) is used to measure turbidity in NTU and a Hanna pH Meter (HI98128) is used to measure pH. Air temperature at each sample location is measured with a non-calibrated glass thermometer.
Data Processing
Data is examined at the time of collection and compared to previous data for reasonableness. After data entry, data is compared to field logs and re-examined for reasonableness.
Attribution Licence (ODC-By) v1.0
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API Access
curl -G https://api.datastream.org/v1/odata/v4/Records --data-urlencode "\\$filter=DOI eq '10.25976/30dz-8f05'" -H "x-api-key: PRIVATE-API-KEY"Changelog
v4.1.0
Added observations at lower sites on selected creeks, 2021 through 2023.
| Schema | v2.20.1 |
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| File size | 168.08 KB |
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v4.0.0
Minor edits to ActivityMediaName for dry creeks
| Schema | v2.20.1 |
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| Digest | SHA3-256:2ec3ff12dbc409b65cb5f23756f632c9b68aca1f4b40d01e309d4a3ac5a5bba4 |
| File size | 1.82 MB |
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v3.0.0
Made minor edits to records documenting dry streams
| Schema | v2.20.1 |
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| File size | 1.82 MB |
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v2.1.0
Added observations for 2022
| Schema | v2.20.1 |
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| Digest | SHA3-256:5fbdb3917c40a9b2ce076b27f494220fc7fdd6b05aa176deb81aa00c67ec791c |
| File size | 602.41 KB |
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v2.0.0
Changed ActivityType to Quality Control Field for measurements taken with a second instrument during equipment assessment. Added data to ResultComment field to accommodate additional data we collect. Using the format “Team Lead: xxx; Weather: xxx; Comments: xxx; Stage: xxx”. Added records to capture when streams go dry. If stream was visited, CharacteristicName of “Temperature, water” was used with ResultValue and ResultUnit left blank, and with ResultDetectionCondition of “Not Reported”, ResultDetectionQuantitationLimitType of “Reporting Limit”, and prefaced ResultComment entry with “CREEK DRY, unable to measure.” In these case, “Temperature, air” was recorded. If stream was not visited, due to lack of rain since last dry visit, CharacteristicName of “Temperature, water” was used with ResultValue and ResultUnit left blank, and with ResultDetectionCondition of “Not Reported”, ResultDetectionQuantitationLimitType of “Reporting Limit”, and ResultComment entry was “No visit. No rain since last visit. Assumed creek is dry.” With no other comments. In these cases there was no “Temperature, air”.
| Schema | v2.20.1 |
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| Digest | SHA3-256:d1b3a48966ef79493960400cc90c9a57499d8c6daf556583e170158f9743b34a |
| File size | 1.23 MB |
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v1.3.0
Added field observations for sites added in 2023
| Schema | v2.19.1 |
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| Digest | SHA3-256:d3004153ec42e745002c5e1fb36e3120c6cb0d76a45b02553c8da183b5d7cbb5 |
| File size | 203.17 KB |
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v1.2.0
Added new observations from 2023
| Schema | v2.19.1 |
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| Digest | SHA3-256:39673d4ad35ed9d272cf3819e7b2f3e9c4824ace9c5a310cfd6af6d93b653ce1 |
| File size | 439.14 KB |
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v1.1.0
Adding previous data
| Schema | v2.13.2 |
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| Digest | SHA3-256:65aaff651f53d65483ec578535eab2050a57d1b7ccfb77f257f54476e359b151 |
| File size | 127.24 KB |
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v1.0.0
initial submission
| Schema | v2.12.0 |
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| Digest | SHA3-256:9317ffffe4f26179a8387c4f28779446c4cce6bfd77dc135b56599f0572be8c1 |
| File size | 320.14 KB |
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