Open data site to provide updates on Lake Winnipeg’s health
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Monthly Digital Subscription
$1 per week for 24 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $4.00 plus GST every four weeks. After 24 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.00 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
Monthly Digital Subscription
$4.75/week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $19 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Winnipeg Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
*$1 will be added to your next bill. After your 4 weeks access is complete your rate will increase by $0.00 a X percent off the regular rate.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 20/03/2019 (2364 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
An online tool to help understand the health of Lake Winnipeg has been launched.
Lake Winnipeg DataStream (www.lakewinnipegdatastream.ca) will be an open hub for data collected by a host of agencies.
“A lot of organizations put out their own databases but it’s very difficult to find that data,” said Carolyn Dubois, water program director at the Gordon Foundation.
“What DataStream does is pull all that data together (for public viewing). It’s making water data as accessible as possible.”
One of those agencies is the Lake Winnipeg Foundation. It is in charge of the Lake Winnipeg Community-Based Monitoring Network, which mobilizes people to collect water samples across Manitoba. The network is helping to identify phosphorus hotspots that contribute high amounts of algae-causing phosphorus to waterways. That data will now be available publicly on the DataStream web site.
Other sources for data include the province, the federal department of fisheries and oceans, and the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
DataStream is headed by the Gordon Foundation and delivered in collaboration with regional monitoring networks.
Related Articles
Ottawa’s lake response watered down
Advertisement Advertise With Us
History
Updated on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 3:55 PM CDT: Photo added.