Nova Scotia Surface Water Quality Grab Samples from Five Stations

Nova Scotia's Automated Surface Water Quality Monitoring Network provides grab sample data from five stations across the province. The network was established in 2002 and its station list was modified in 2019 to reduce overlap with federal monitoring. Data is used by the Government of Nova Scotia to manage water resources, determine baselines, evaluate human impacts, and assess long-term trends.

Use Cases

• Assess baseline water quality in lakes and watercourses based on provincial monitoring stations.
• Evaluate the impact of human activities on surface water based on long-term sampling.
• Manage provincial water resources based on quality trends.
• Analyze long-term trends in surface water quality based on data collected since 2002.

Strengths

• Data collection began in 2002, providing a long-term record.
• Monitoring network consists of five stations across Nova Scotia.
• Station list was reviewed in 2019 to reduce overlap with federal monitoring.

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 a provincial monitoring network.

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia

Collection Method

Grab sample collection from automated surface water quality monitoring stations.

Time Range

Data collection began in 2002.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:29:42.680852; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nova Scotia, Canada.