Surface Water - 2017 California Water Quality Status Report
The California Water Boards’ Water Data Center is proud to present the CA Water Quality Status Report. This report is an annual data-driven snapshot of the Water Board's water quality and environmental data. This inaugural version of the report is based solely on the surface water datasets available via the [Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP)] (http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/swamp/) and in future years we hope to expand this to include the groundwater, drinking water and water resource datasets available in our state. Our goal is to use data to inform both data storytelling (as in this inaugural report) and water quality indicators, including watershed report cards. The 2017 Water Quality Status Report is organized around seven major themes that our team thought both individually and collectively tell important stories about the overall health of our state’s surface waters. Each theme-specific story includes a brief background, a data analysis summary, an overview of management actions, and access to the raw data. For more information please contact the Office of Information Management and Analysis (OIMA). Data for the section “Setting Flow Targets to Support Biological Integrity in Southern California Streams” can be found on the California open data portal. Data for the section “Nutrients and Algae in Aquatic Ecosystems” can be found here.
Data files
| Data title and description | Access data | File details | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
Contaminants and Toxicity in Stream Sediments <p>This data was used to create figures 1-6 in the section entitled "<strong>Contaminants and Toxicity in Stream Sediments</strong>" of the <a href="http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/resources/data_databases/wq_status_report.shtml">2017 Water Quality Status Report</a>. Return to the <a href="https://data.ca.gov/dataset/2017-california-water-quality-status-report">State of California's open data portal</a>.</p> | Download | ZIP | 08/10/19 |
Impact of Land Use on the Health of California’s Streams <p>This data was used to create figures 1-3 in the section entitled "<strong>Impact of Land Use on the Health of California’s Streams</strong>" of the <a href="http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/resources/data_databases/wq_status_report.shtml">2017 Water Quality Status Report</a>. Click here to return to the <a href="https://data.ca.gov/dataset/2017-california-water-quality-status-report">State of California's open data portal</a>.</p> | Download | ZIP | 08/10/19 |
Constituents of Emerging Concern (CECs) in Surface Water <p>This data was used to create figure 1 in the section entitled "<strong>Constituents of Emerging Concern (CECs) in Surface Water</strong>" of the <a href="http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/resources/data_databases/wq_status_report.shtml">2017 Water Quality Status Report</a>. Click here to return to the <a href="https://data.ca.gov/dataset/2017-california-water-quality-status-report">State of California's open data portal</a>.</p> | Download | ZIP | 08/10/19 |
Freshwater Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring <p>This data was used to create figure 1 in the section entitled "<strong>Freshwater Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring</strong>" of the <a href="http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/resources/data_databases/wq_status_report.shtml">2017 Water Quality Status Report</a>. Click here to return to the <a href="https://data.ca.gov/dataset/2017-california-water-quality-status-report">State of California's open data portal</a>.</p> | Download | ZIP | 08/10/19 |