AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
FortWhyte Alive Watershed Project

FortWhyte Alive, 1961 McCreary Rd. in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is more than just a nature centre, wildlife refuge, or a place for education – our 640 acres of protected urban greenspace is an award-winning destination for incredible outdoor experiences.

Mission: FortWhyte Alive is dedicated to providing programming, natural settings and facilities for environmental education, outdoor recreation and social enterprise. In so doing, FortWhyte promotes awareness and understanding of the natural world and actions leading to sustainable living.

FortWhyte Alive is located on a reclaimed industrial site, developed as a clay-pit quarry by Canada Cement in 1911. Five lakes were excavated as a part of this process. Since 1967, our private, non-profit organization has been offering educational programming onsite, including urban fishing and non-motorized recreational use of our lakes including sailing, canoeing and swimming. The lakes are considered a closed-system watershed, with infrequent water quantity contributions from overland flooding. 

Declining water quality conditions and large fluctuations in water quantity in FortWhyte Alive's lakes has been identified through staff observations and the completion of a North-South Consultants Assessment of Current Water Quality Conditions in August 2009. In 2013, FortWhyte staff began to collect monthly baseline monitoring data on lake health parameters, year-round, and continue to current time. The program's purpose is to provide a data source for open access by researchers, and to assist in the organization’s water management decisions, with the goal of preventing further eutrophication and improving water quality parameters. FortWhyte Alive engages an Aquatic Advisory Board of aquatic research experts to advise us on monitoring actions.

Organization: DataStream
GNWT ECC NWT-Wide Community Based Monitoring Program_Water Quality Data

The Northwest Territories Community-Based Monitoring (CBM) Program was established in 2012 under the Northern Voices, Northern Waters strategy to support Indigenous-led water stewardship across the territory. Co-developed by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT–Environment and Climate Change) and more than 21 Indigenous communities organization, government and land guardian programs, the program centres on a shared question: What’s in our water, and how is it changing? Today, community monitors collect water samples at 63 sites across the NWT, while the GNWT provides training, equipment, and laboratory analysis to support consistent, high-quality data collection.

Water quality data are collected primarily during the open-water season, typically from June to October. Monitoring includes surface grab sampling for over 90 water quality parameters; continuous two-hour interval measurements of temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, chlorophyll, pH, and ORP using YSI EXO2 sondes; and the deployment of polyethylene membrane devices to capture hydrocarbons.

The CBM program is part of a broader territorial Partnership Aquatic Quality Monitoring network, encompassing approximately 90+ sites across the North Slave, South Slave, Beaufort Delta, Sahtu, Great Slave Lake, and transboundary river regions. Together, these collaborative monitoring efforts provide long-term data needed to track water quality trends, support community priorities, and strengthen understanding of how waters across the Northwest Territories are changing over time.
This dataset is specific to the surface water quality grab sample data and the polyethylene membrane devices (PMDs) data.

This dataset is linked to the continuous Sonde (YSI) Data found here: https://doi.org/10.25976/5dfl-rw63

Organization: DataStream
Canaan-Washademoak Watershed Association Water Quality Dataset

CWWA has been monitoring water quality for over 20 years; we have followed the Province of New Brunswick’s methods for monitoring *B and E. Coli, installed data loggers to measure temperature, and established 23 long-term monitoring sites.  We attempt to sample every two years, and have selected a subset of 10 monitoring sites based on availability of funding for our work.

Organization: DataStream
St. Denis National Wildlife Area - Long-Term Water Quality Monitoring (PPR)

The St. Denis National Wildlife Area (SDNWA) is a collection of wetland ponds within the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) in Saskatchewan, Canada. Water quality and soil sediment data have been collected from numerous wetland ponds for decades, with the data provided here ranging from 2006-2023. Much of this data has been collected from the University of Regina through two labs – Dr. Britt Hall’s – as well as the University of Saskatchewan from Dr. Helen Baulch’s lab. Many of their students have been involved in the collection of this data and are exploring this data for their own research projects. Further inquiries on the data can be referred to: Britt Hall: britt.hall@uregina.ca or Jeff Harder: jeffrey.harder@ec.gc.ca

Organization: DataStream
Fort Nelson First Nation Water Quality Monitoring

The purpose of the FNFN Surface Water Quality Monitoring was to compile and collect surface water data on streams throughout the seasons to establish baseline quality data on selected streams. Use of the data would contribute to the characterization of baseline conditions and provide better accuracy and reliability for water use. This project trained two First Nations representatives in all aspects of water monitoring. The project will help in managing the land base for future generations to enjoy.

Organization: DataStream
RSMA — annual COURDO data

The COURDO program of the RSMA (Network for Monitoring the Aquatic Environment) aims to document the water quality of the rivers surrounding the Montreal agglomeration according to bacteriological and physicochemical measurements. 
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The COURDO program of the RSMA (Aquatic Environment Monitoring Network) aims to document the water quality of the waterways surrounding the Montreal agglomeration according to bacteriological and physicochemical measurements.

Organization: DataStream
Eastern Charlotte Waterways: Freshwater quality data from the Outer Bay of Fundy watershed complex

In 1993, Eastern Charlotte Waterways (ECW) was established. Its first action was to assess the freshwater of eastern Charlotte County, New Brunswick. For two years beginning in the summer of 1994, the organization’s members visited ten watersheds between June and November, monitoring an upstream and downstream site for water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity. They also monitored four popular swim locations for fecal coliform bacteria. The results of this study were published in “The watersheds of eastern Charlotte: Environmental quality assessment”. Twenty years later, in 2014-2015 the assessment has been replicated by ECW staff to identify any changes in water quality.

Organization: DataStream
Municipality of Val-des-Monts: Lac à la Perdrix

Following the adoption of the Water Master Plan on May 5, 2020, the Municipality of Val des Monts began monitoring water quality in May 2021. The selection of water bodies was made according to the human forces to which they are subject. The bodies of water most likely to be subject to anthropogenic forces, for example, housing development, the presence of roads, and the proximity of agricultural land, were selected.

Organization: DataStream
Fort Folly Water Temperature Data

Fort Folly Habitat Recovery's water temperature monitoring aims to build a thermal profile for sites in the Petitcodiac River Watershed used in our inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic salmon recovery work. Temperatures are collected through the deployment of Hobo Pendent MX data loggers set to record every 30 minutes. Data collected will be analyzed to determine long term temperature trends and suitable sites for future salmon recovery actions.

Organization: DataStream
Souris and Area Wildlife Branch Stream Water Data

Souris and Area Wildlife Branch installs data loggers in many of our watershed systems where we implement large amounts of habitat work or where we have done considerable restoration work over the last number of years.  Water quality data loggers are also installed in rivers in our management area where future rehabilitation efforts will take place. Loggers are placed in designated stream habitat assessment monitoring sites and in various reaches of our watersheds to help determine the temperature of the water and the amount of light that filters through the water.

Many have been deployed to monitor water temperature to help build a database of water quality for our management area so that we are consistently monitoring specific habitat sites especially headwater areas in our rivers.  Headwaters are so important because their stability aids in landscape processes and downstream waters through their influence on the supply, transport, and fate of water and solutes in our watersheds.

Water quality data loggers are meaningful tools in all of our watersheds to aid in monitoring water temperature variations in prime stream reaches, particularly spawning zones so that accurate and appropriate measures may be taken to ensure fish habitat and fish populations are secure and at a healthy level in each of our managed watersheds.

Organization: DataStream
Peace-Athabasca River Basin Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Data

Long-term freshwater quality monitoring data for sites in the Peace – Athabasca River Basin for the past 15 years or longer for nutrients, metals, major ions, and other physical-chemical variables are included in this dataset. Monitoring is conducted by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) as well as through the Joint Oil Sands Monitoring Program, or in collaboration with Parks Canada and the Northwest Territories to assess water quality status and long-term trends, detect emerging issues, establish water quality guidelines and track the effectiveness of remedial measures and regulatory decisions. Most recent data can be downloaded from the following link: http://data.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/national-long-term-water-quality-monitoring-data/peace-athabasca-river-basin-long-term-water-quality-monitoring-data/

Organization: DataStream
KananaskisRiver_ENSC

The University of Calgary Environmental Science Program has an annual field school in the lower Kananaskis Valley, SW Alberta, that occurs in the first week of September.  At several river sites, largely consistent among years, senior students collect data on water chemistry, macroinvertebrates and hydrology.  Water chemistry data are obtained using field and lab instruments by the students and by a lab technician. These annual data are analyzed each year by students to assess human impacts associated with recreation in the valley.

Organization: DataStream
GDDPC Water Quality Monitoring Data_Water Quality Monitoring Data

The Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) through its water quality program aims to identify sites, develop and implement long-term monitoring protocols with the community in order to maintain ecosystem services in the Cocagne watershed and preserve the quality of the environment and rich biodiversity. Water quality data is collected using a portable probe and samples sent for laboratory analysis. This information is analyzed with historical data from the GDDPC to determine the status and trends of water quality in the watershed. Between 2000 and 2013, the GDDPC in collaboration with the Kent Watersheds Coalition managed numerous water quality monitoring programs in the Cocagne, Bouctouche and Chockpish watersheds. _EN: The Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) through its water quality program aims to identify sites, develop and implement long-term monitoring protocols with the community to maintain ecosystem services in the Cocagne watershed and preserve environmental quality and rich biodiversity. Water quality data is collected using a portable probe and samples sent for laboratory analysis. This information is analyzed with historical data from the GDDPC to determine the status and trends of water quality in the watershed. Between 2000 and 2013, the GDDPC in collaboration with the Kent Watershed Coalition managed numerous water quality monitoring programs in the Cocagne, Bouctouche and Chockpish watersheds.

Organization: DataStream
LakeKeepers Water Quality Data

LakeKeepers aims to address the gaps in lake water quality data that exist in many parts of Alberta. Current monitoring strategies restrict much of the Provincial data to lakes within easy driving distance from Edmonton or Calgary – however, many of Alberta’s invaluable water resources exist outside of this range and as a result have little water quality data. Current monitoring strategies for the ice-on period through the winter months are also limited. Citizen scientists collect information such as water clarity, chlorophyll-a, total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, total Phosphorus, microcystin concentrations, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, and some other water quality parameters. Information is also collected through the year, with monitoring occurring in both the summer and winter months. While the focus of the summer sampling is to gather baseline water quality information, the winter sampling is focused towards collecting parameters that best represent fish habitat quality, since ice anglers are the primary citizen scientists in the winter months.

Organization: DataStream
Collaborative seasonal monitoring of rivers within the Dehcho and South Slave regions of the Northwest Territories and Dene Tha' lands of Northern Alberta

This project samples 19 streams throughout the Dehcho and South Slave regions of the Northwest Territories and throughout the Hay River basin of Northern Alberta. Samples are collected throughout the open water season through a collaborative effort between the university of Alberta; Dehcho Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management (AAROM), Dehcho First Nations, Kátł’odeeche Fırst Nation Lands Department; Nahendeh Kehotsendı̨ Program, Dene Tha' First Nation's Lands Department, and Department of Environment and Climate Change; Government of NWT. Data collection began in 2020 with a subset of streams, with additional streams added throughout 2021 to reach 19 streams total. This data represents the beginning of a multi-year collection effort which will allow us to monitor variations in water chemistry between years, particularly for methylmercury, a parameter less commonly sampled.

Organization: DataStream
Miramichi River Environmental Assessment Committee (MREAC) Atlantic Ecosystems Initiatives (AEI) Nutrient and Bacteria Sampling on the Miramichi Watershed 2020

Funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) Atlantic Ecosystems Initiatives (AEI), the Miramichi River Environmental Assessment Committee (MREAC) sampled for nutrients, Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus, and bacteria, Escherichia coli (E. coli) on the Miramichi Watershed in 2020.

Organization: DataStream
BIMES Mossom Creek Water Quality

With climate change, increased population growth and proposed new housing developments that could affect the water quality of the Mossom and Schoolhouse Creek Watersheds and thereby the salmonids and biotic creek environment , our community based volunteer run BIMES Mossom Creek Hatchery initiated the Water Monitoring Program in the fall of 2019 to gives us baseline data if significant changes should happen for the parameters of water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, conductivity, total dissolved solids, ammonia, nitrates and phosphates by 2021.

Organization: DataStream
SAWIG Water Quality Dataset

The Stratford Area Watershed Improvement Group-Based Water Monitoring project aims to build community partnerships, identify field sites, and develop and implement sampling protocols for long term, community-based monitoring of the Stratford Area watershed. Water quality data is collected through portable water quality sensors and grab samples sent for laboratory analysis. This information is analyzed with historical data from Stratford Area Watershed to determine water quality status and trends in the watershed.

Organization: DataStream
Peninsula Streams Society Central Saanich Water Quality Monitoring - Tetayut

The Central Saanich Water Quality project aims to build community partnerships, and develop and implement sampling protocols for long term, community-based monitoring of the KENNES (Hagan-Graham) and Tetayut Watersheds. Water quality data is collected through portable water quality sensors and grab samples sent for laboratory analysis. This information is analyzed with historical data to determine water quality status and trends in the watershed. Water quality monitoring has been conducted in KENNES watershed since 2005, and since 2011 in Tetayut Watershed.

Organization: DataStream
Municipality of Val-des-Monts: Lac Star

Following the adoption of the Water Master Plan on May 5, 2020, the Municipality of Val des Monts began monitoring water quality in May 2021. The selection of water bodies was made according to the human forces to which they are subject. The bodies of water most likely to be subject to anthropogenic forces, for example, housing development, the presence of roads, and the proximity of agricultural land, were selected.

Organization: DataStream
Ghost Watershed Water Quality Monitoring Program

The purpose of the multi-year GWAS Water Monitoring Plan is to provide knowledge and a database of information about the health of the lotic aquatic systems within the Ghost Watershed. Monitoring changes over time is an important aspect of protecting a watershed. Monitoring of watershed health following the CABiN (Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network) protocol is a recommendation in the Ghost River State of the Watershed Report (2018). The data collected will augment existing information and is intended to assist public land managers and other organizations tasked with water management responsibilities to better manage our water resources. It will also help GWAS identify high priority sites for future restoration and provide baseline data for future state of the watershed reporting.

Organization: DataStream
Freshwater Quality Monitoring: Bay of Islands and Humber Valley, Newfoundland and Labrador

Freshwater monitoring serves an important role in observing any noticeable change in water quality, in any tested body of water. Water quality throughout the Humber Valley watershed is especially important as this watershed covers a large geographic region of western Newfoundland. These bodies of water are all found within close proximity to residential, commercial, and industrial sectors, and are heavily utilized for various recreational purposes, also providing valuable habitat for a variety of species found within this region. This comprehensive water quality database for the Humber Valley and Bay of Islands regions serves as a baseline dataset to provide future assessments of changes in 
water quality. This initiative has been made possible due to the Support from CURA H2O and the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment

Organization: DataStream
Tsawwassen - Duke Point Ferry Route Thermosalinograph Deployed 2023-01-13

The Sea-Bird Thermosalinograph SeaKeeper (SN 18) was deployed on 2023-01-13 on Tsawwassen - Duke Point Ferry Route. This ferry route goes between Tsawwassen terminal in Vancouver, BC and the Duke Point terminal, Nanaimo BC. This device is a Thermosalinograph. Thermosalinographs collect data from the sea surface via flow-through systems on vessels. Typically they are mounted near the front of the vessel in order to minimize contamination. Primary variables measured are temperature and conductivity, and other variables like salinity and density are derived. It was deployed on a mobile platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

Organization: CIOOS-Pacific
Tsawwassen - Duke Point Ferry Route Oxygen Sensor Deployed 2015-01-09

The Aanderaa Optode 3835 (S/N 418) was deployed on 2015-01-09 on Tsawwassen - Duke Point Ferry Route. This ferry route goes between Tsawwassen terminal in Vancouver, BC and the Duke Point terminal, Nanaimo BC. This device is a Oxygen Sensor. Oxygen sensors measure dissolved oxygen concentration in seawater. It was deployed on a mobile platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

Organization: CIOOS-Pacific
Horseshoe Bay - Departure Bay Ferry Route Thermosalinograph Deployed 2015-06-01

The Sea-Bird Thermosalinograph SeaKeeper (SN 17) was deployed on 2015-06-01 on Horseshoe Bay - Departure Bay Ferry Route. This ferry route goes between Horseshoe Bay terminal in West Vancouver, BC and the Departure Bay terminal, Nanaimo BC. This device is a Thermosalinograph. Thermosalinographs collect data from the sea surface via flow-through systems on vessels. Typically they are mounted near the front of the vessel in order to minimize contamination. Primary variables measured are temperature and conductivity, and other variables like salinity and density are derived. It was deployed on a mobile platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

Organization: CIOOS-Pacific
Tsawwassen - Duke Point Ferry Route Oxygen Sensor Deployed 2023-01-13

The Aanderaa Optode 3835 (S/N 1417) was deployed on 2023-01-13 on Tsawwassen - Duke Point Ferry Route. This ferry route goes between Tsawwassen terminal in Vancouver, BC and the Duke Point terminal, Nanaimo BC. This device is a Oxygen Sensor. Oxygen sensors measure dissolved oxygen concentration in seawater. It was deployed on a mobile platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

Organization: CIOOS-Pacific
Tsawwassen - Swartz Bay Ferry Route Turbidity, Chlorophyll and Fluorescence Deployed 2016-02-03

The WET Labs ECO Triplet BBFL2 785 was deployed on 2016-02-03 on Tsawwassen - Swartz Bay Ferry Route. This ferry route goes between Tsawwassen terminal in Vancouver, BC and the Swartz Bay terminal, Victoria BC. This device is a Turbidity, Chlorophyll and Fluorescence. Turbidity, chlorophyll and fluorescence instruments detect light scattered by particles suspended in water, generating an output voltage proportional to turbidity or suspended solids. Scaling factors are used to convert the voltage readings to values representing chlorophyll concentration and turbidity. It was deployed on a mobile platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

Organization: CIOOS-Pacific
Tsawwassen - Swartz Bay Ferry Route Oxygen Sensor Deployed 2020-05-20

The Aanderaa Optode 3835 (S/N 1417) was deployed on 2020-05-20 on Tsawwassen - Swartz Bay Ferry Route. This ferry route goes between Tsawwassen terminal in Vancouver, BC and the Swartz Bay terminal, Victoria BC. This device is a Oxygen Sensor. Oxygen sensors measure dissolved oxygen concentration in seawater. It was deployed on a mobile platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

Organization: CIOOS-Pacific