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Title Provincial Water Quality Monitoring Network (PWQMN)
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URL 10-25976-tnw0-3x43
Description 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.
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Keywords ['other']
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Ocean Variables Other
Climate Variables
    Citation https://doi.org/10.25976/tnw0-3x43
    License OGL-ON-2.0
    Scope Dataset
    Status On Going
    Associated Datasets
    Metadata Dates
    Metadata Date 1
    Date
    2023-03-31
    Type
    Creation
    Metadata Date 2
    Date
    2023-03-31
    Type
    Revision
    Resource Dates
    Resource Date 1
    Date
    2020-09-01
    Type
    Publication
    Resource Date 2
    Date
    2023-03-31
    Type
    Revision
    Maintenance and update frequency Unknown
    Maintenance Note
    Point of Contact
    Point of Contact 1
    Email
    pwqmn@ontario.ca
    Role
    Point of Contact
    Responsible Party
    Responsible Party 1
    Affiliation
    Government of Ontario, Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP)
    Role
    • Author
    • Contributor
    Distributor
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    North Bounding Latitude 54.654225
    South Bounding Latitude 42.011697
    East Bounding Longitude -74.09438
    West Bounding Longitude -94.592393
    Temporal Extent
    Begin
    1964-06-10
    End
    2021-03-20
    Vertical Extent
    Default Locale English
    Citation identifier
    Code
    https://doi.org/10.25976/tnw0-3x43
    Lineage
    XML Metadata File Location https://datastream.org/dataset/f3877597-9114-4ace-ad6f-e8a68435c0ba/iso19115.xml
    External Harvest Document Content
    Organization 6196be5f-36c3-4f36-bac1-15d1c478d427
    Version
    Initial dataset map max zoom level
    Projects
      Data Centre
        Included in Data Catalogue
        Included in Data Catalogue 1
        Name
        DataStream
        Description
        DataStream is an open access platform for water quality data
        URL
        https://datastream.org
        Included in Data Catalogue 2
        Name
        CIOOS Pacific
        Description
        Home of Canada's Pacific Ocean Data
        URL
        https://catalogue.pac-dev1.cioos.org