Datastream: an Open Access Hub for Sharing Water Data

An open access hub for sharing water data

Carolyn DuBois Director, Water Program Lindsay Day DataStream Coordinator Water carries with it the stories of where it has been.

- Linda Hogan

• Open access site for water quality data

• Free and open for anyone to use

• User friendly visualization tools

• Puts programs and data on the map! Mackenzie DataStream (Nov 2016) 300% published data In 2018

Growth and Expansion

• > 2 million unique observations

• > 3600 monitoring sites

• 70 monitoring groups Atlantic DataStream (June 2018) Lake Winnipeg DataStream (March 2019) Data Challenges

• Sharing, finding and accessing water data • Rivers and lakes don’t stop at provincial boundaries but datasets often do • Bad data can happen to good people UE I.R. UE I.R. TSU T THABACHA NARE I.R. K'I T RLES LAKE THEBATHI I.R. LI DEZE I.R. CHA I.R. E TUE TTHE JERE GHAILI TSU K'ADH I.R. I.R. KE BISTCHO LAKE COLLIN LA I.R. I.R. HOKEDHE TUE JACKFISH PO INT WOOD BUFFALO I.R. NWALL I.R. COR LAKE TSU NEDEHE TUE ?EJERÉ K'ELNI KUE I.R. I.R. I.R.

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Stored in many places, in many different ways…

FINDABLE DataStream is designed to support the ACCESSIBLE ‘FAIR’ principles of open data

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Mark D. Wilkinson et al. (2016). Nature. | DOI’s

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| Google Dataset Search

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Site name, ID Coordinates Dataset level metadata Reference datum Waterbody type

Sample collection

Sample type (e.g. field, lab, blank) Date, time Observation level (within dataset) Collection equipment Depth • Aligned with WQX Parameter/result • Validation on upload

Characteristic name, speciation, sample fraction Result value, units Analysis method, date, time Detection limits | • Open data licenses

• Blockchain verification

• API development

• Ongoing improvements Where DataStream fits in

WE DO

• Provide a place to publish data openly • Provide support to format and upload data • Schema validation checks

WE DO NOT

• Collect, fund or own any water monitoring data • Analyze data and interpret results • Fully QA/QC data Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils National Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Program Provincial and Territorial Governments NWT Cumulative Impacts Monitoring Program DataStream Data-thons! Thank you

Lindsay Day DataStream Coordinator The Gordon Foundation [email protected]