BC Environmental Monitoring System Data

10.25976/yhbt-cb49

The Environmental Monitoring System (EMS) is the ministry's primary data repository for environmental monitoring data. The system was designed to capture data covering physical, chemical, and biological analyses performed on water, air, soil, and waste discharges, as well as data from ambient monitoring throughout the province.

Samples are collected by either ministry staff, permit holders under the Environmental Management Act, or authorized third parties and are analyzed in public or private sector laboratories. If the sampling is conducted as part of a permit requirement the sample must be analyzed at a qualified laboratory. The majority of monitoring data is entered into EMS electronically via Electronic Data Transfer (EDT).

The dataset shared on DataStream contains the EMS ambient surface water monitoring data. The original data can also be accessed from https://cat.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/bc-environmental-monitoring-system-results.

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Metadata Reference Date(s) June 19, 2023 (Creation)
June 19, 2023 (Revision)
Data Reference Date(s) June 20, 2022 (Publication)
June 19, 2023 (Revision)
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Responsible Party 1
Affiliation
Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy
Role
  • Author
  • Contributor
Responsible Party 2
Affiliation
permit holders
Role
Contributor
Responsible Party 3
Affiliation
authorized third parties
Role
Contributor
Responsible Party 4
Email
EMSHelp@gov.bc.ca
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Point of Contact

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Ocean Variables Other
Scope Dataset
Status On Going
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North Bounding Latitude 60
South Bounding Latitude 48.285839
East Bounding Longitude -113
West Bounding Longitude -140
Temporal Extent
Begin
1965-01-03
End
2023-06-11
Default Locale English
Citation identifier
Code
https://doi.org/10.25976/yhbt-cb49
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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