SWAMP: NSW River Water Quality Monitoring Data

The State Water Quality Assessment and Monitoring Program (SWAMP) is a state-wide project by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. It collects monthly water quality data for rivers in New South Wales, measuring parameters like electrical conductivity, temperature, turbidity, and nutrients. The program aims to provide long-term, statistically robust data for condition and trend reporting.

Use Cases

• Modeling water quality trends over time based on monthly monitoring data
• Assessing compliance with environmental standards based on measurements of pH, dissolved oxygen, and nutrients
• Analyzing spatial patterns of river pollution across NSW based on site-specific data
• Building frameworks for other monitoring programs based on the established data collection structure

Strengths

• Data is collected monthly, enabling temporal trend analysis
• Measures multiple key water quality parameters including electrical conductivity, temperature, turbidity, and nutrients
• Program is designed to provide long-term, statistically robust data for reporting

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on NSW rivers

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Collection Method

Monthly ambient water quality monitoring at selected sites across NSW

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-17 14:48:43.272396; freshness should be verified

Geography

Rivers in New South Wales, Australia