Water quality data for coastal zones

I am looking for sources (sites/publications) which contains up to date information on water quality of coastal zones (bacteria).

The U.S.A. and Canada have sites that I can access but I am looking for Europe, South America and Asia.

Does anyone know of such as sources that has such data?

Thanks

Taxonomy

• Water Quality
• Environment
• Coastal

10 Answers

1. Send me an email to mehdi.bagheri@ubc.ca

   , I can provide you with such information.

2. I must agree with Daniel. As I don't know what sort of detailed sampled is performed by these countries, we know there is at least some data by way of satellite.

3. I would let satellites do the job, for the sake of global data consistency. Cyanobacteria can be identified using image archives covering 2002-2012 and 2015-, at approximately weekly resolution, 300 m pixel size, and pigment concentrations >10 mg/m3 for most coastal areas worldwide. The work still needs to be done for the coasts, though, but 350 inland waters are covered in www.diversity2.info. Please have a look at https://goo.gl/qZ2cE7 for details.
   

4. French English
   

   Tous les millieux hydrauliques de notre planète sont le réceptacle de la poubelle du milieu terrestre. A ce titre ces milieux hydrauliques naturels sont envahis de bactéries qui nettoient tout ce qu'elles peuvent . La faune aquatique y participent amplement.
   

   All water environments of our planet is the receptacle of the trash of the earth. As such these natural water habitats are invaded by bacteria that cleanse all they can. The aquatic fauna participate fully.
   

5. Hi Nigel - I work in the water business across the APAC region, specifically water quality monitoring, including coastal / fresh water. In Asia this kind of testing (and especially public reporting!!!) is rare. More developed nations such as Singapore and HK test marine and fresh waters for bacteria, but nothing like North Amercia. Australia / New Zealand, on the other hand, do test for these and we are currently working on some projects in this field there. I cannot send you our data / reports, however I believe you can find info if you search "EPA Victoria" or "EPA New South Wales", etc. For example this is the Vic EPA site - http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/your-environment/water/protecting-victorias-waters/monitoring-victorias-waters. Drop me a line at patrick.wolfe@veolia.com if interested to discuss further, as I have ongoing projects globally at the moment.

6. Hi Nigel. You could try contacting SAMS in the UK, or Defra in the UK. They test for a lot of bacteria loads etc. for the shellfish industry, so should be able to help. My contact at SAMS is Dr. Keith Davidson who deals with algal blooms, but should be able to point you in the right direction (for the UK at least). Hope this helps. Dan

7. Hi, how's it going? You may find interesting a web application about water resources in Andalusia.

   http://laboratoriorediam.cica.es/Visor_DMA/?urlFile=http://laboratoriorediam.cica.es/Visor_DMA/service_xml/capas_dma.xml

   It covers surface water, groundwater and coastal water

8. Hi Nigel, you get a good overview here: http://maps.eea.europa.eu/EEABasicviewer/v3/?appid=a4d94dd157b84008ba6630d2fba0bc68
   

   Zoom in for details! regards Wolfgang
   

9. Hi Nigel, have a look on this one: http://databases.eucc-d.de/files/documents/00000738_IKZM-Oder_Berichte54.pdf , regards, Jürgen
   

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   1. This is in German ..... anything in English....
      thanks.

10. Hi Nigel
    
    Can you please let me know about sites from where I can see up to date information on water quality of coastal zones (bacteria).
    Excuse me for not writing answer to your question.