Data:
- Lake Chemistry and Morphology Data (xls: 1.2mb)
- Automated Surface Water Quality Monitoring Network
- Gulf of Maine Gulfwatch Program (GOM)
- Water Survey of Canada - Hydrometric Program (Stream Flow)
Maps:
- NEW Lake Mapping Tool
- Automated Surface Water Quality Monitoring Stations in Nova Scotia (PDF:689k)
- Hydrometric Stations in Nova Scotia (PDF:1mb)
- Protected Water Areas (PDF:519k)
- Water Resource Maps
- Gulf of Maine Gulfwatch Program Stations
Publications:
Reports
- Water Resource Reports
- Nova Scotia Automated Surface Water Quality Monitoring Network (2007) (PDF:3.1mb)
- Nova Scotia Automated Surface Water Quality Monitoring Network (2010) (PDF:11.4mb)
Manuals
- Gulfwatch Standard Operating Procedures (PDF:644k)
- User’s Manual for Prediction of Phosphorus Concentrations in NS Lakes (2001) (PDF:1.5mb)
- Erosion & Sedimentation Control Handbook for Construction Sites (PDF:4.3mb)
Regional Studies
- Fish Tissue Sampling and Analysis Practices in the New England States and Eastern Canadian Provinces (PDF:2mb)
- Estimation of Critical Loads of Acidity for Lakes in New England and Eastern Canada (PDF:713k)
- Water Quality of 50 Metro Halifax-Dartmouth Area Lakes (2007) (PDF:3.2mb)
Publications
- CCME Publications
- Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines
- Application and Testing of the Water Quality Index in Atlantic Canada
- A Canada Wide Framework for Water Quality Monitoring
Water Quality Assessments
- Lake Ainslie, Inverness County, Nova Scotia (1994) (PDF:4.4mb)
- Lochaber Lake , Antigonish County, Nova Scotia (1995) (PDF:4.1mb)
- Pockwock Lake - Effects of Forest Harvesting Activity (2004) (PDF:357k)
- Blair Lake, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia (2005) (PDF:2.4mb)
- Nine Lakes in the Carleton River Watershed Area - Yarmouth & Digby Counties, Nova Scotia (2009) (PDF:5.2mb)
- Little Goose Creek Shelburne County, Nova Scotia (2010) (PDF:594k)
- A Water Quality Survey of Ten Lakes in the Carleton River Watershed Area (2010) (PDF:3.2mb)
- A Water Quality Survey of Ten Lakes in the Carleton River Watershed Area (2011) (PDF:5.7mb)
- A Water Quality Survey of Ten Lakes in the Carleton River Watershed Area (2012) (PDF:3mb)
- Results of the 2013 Water Quality Survey of Eleven Lakes Located in the Carleton River Watershed Area of Digby and Yarmouth Counties, Nova Scotia (PDF:2.5mb)
- Carleton River Watershed Area Nutrient Sourcing Survey (PDF:3mb)
- Baseline Water Quality Survey of the Annapolis, Cornwallis and Habitant River Watersheds (2014) (PDF:5.7mb)