Swan Canning Estuary Water Quality Monitoring Data for 2019-20

The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) conducts routine water quality monitoring in the Swan Canning Estuary. Data from the 2019-20 period is used to inform river system management and assess system response against water quality targets and phytoplankton trigger levels. The data is stored in the Water Information Network (WIN) database and made available via the Water Information Reporting (WIR) portal.

Use Cases

• Assess estuary water quality targets based on the monitoring program data.
• Model phytoplankton dynamics based on trigger levels mentioned in the description.
• Evaluate the impact of management actions on the river system based on the collected data.
• Conduct investigations into future potential impacts on the estuary system.

Strengths

• Data is produced by a government department (DBCA) for official management and reporting.
• Data has been utilized in numerous investigations by government agencies and tertiary institutions.
• Dataset is licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0, permitting sharing and adaptation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA)

Collection Method

Routine monitoring program, data stored in the Water Information Network (WIN) database.

Time Range

2019-20

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 05:16:24.772070; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Swan Canning Estuary, Western Australia