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Water Monitoring Equipment Bank
Atlantic Water Network’s equipment bank provides free water monitoring equipment loans to community-based water monitoring programs throughout the Maritime provinces. Equipment is maintained and calibrated so that you can collect the most accurate data possible. Equipment hubs are located throughout Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick.
URL: https://atlwaternetwork.ca/programs/equipment-bank/
Contributor: Atlantic Water Network
Analyze water quality data
Atlantic Water Network hosts workshops on Data Management and Data Analysis. Click below to download workshop materials and instructional videos.
The Water Quality Assessment, Analysis and Interpretation online course is a signature course delivered by the Canadian Rivers Institute’s Training and Professional Development programme. This course advances participants’ abilities to design water quality research and monitoring programs and analyze water quality conditions and trends.
This table lists Canadian guidelines for the protection of aquatic life for many water quality parameters.
A massive undertaking, our Watershed Health Assessment and Monitoring project seeks to understand and evaluate the health of the Ottawa River watershed. Fourteen Watershed Health Indicators were identified as key metrics to understand the overall state of watershed.
The CCME Water Quality Index (CCME WQI) provides a convenient means of summarizing complex water quality data and facilitating its communication to a general audience.
The table lists the United States EPA's recommended aquatic life criteria.
The CMC service providers offer a variety of data interpretation and synthesis support based on the communication and data use goals of each monitoring group.
The USGS works with partners to monitor, assess, conduct targeted research, and deliver information on a wide range of water resources and conditions including streamflow, groundwater, water quality, and water use and availability. Explore their website to get ideas on how best to analyze your data.
Adapt your plan
This interactive tool provides guidance that can be used to develop and modify a water monitoring plan unique to your organization and watershed. The Water Monitoring Plan builder provides guidance on twelve steps, including: goal setting, monitoring logistics, training, evaluation, and sharing knowledge.
Evaluate your plan
This template helps record the volunteer time involved in a project and calculate in-kind values for volunteer contributions.
This document lists some water quality stewardship metrics for potential use in proposal writing, project planning or project updates. There are examples of well-informed and meaningful metrics including participation, data and decision making, project deliverables, and watershed health metrics.