The Susquehanna River Basin Commission Thursday announced the availability of two new data “portals” on its website to provide more data and information on water resources in the basin.

“The Commission takes very seriously one of its core mission functions of providing public information and education about the water resources of the basin,” said SRBC Executive Director Andrew Dehoff. “The release of the Water Quality and Mine Drainage data portals makes available to the public another large portion of the data the Commission collects and compiles, in order to enhance their knowledge of water quality conditions across the Susquehanna Basin.”

The Water Quality Portal provides public access to data collected as part of the Commission's monitoring programs to track and assess water quality conditions in the basin. Within the Water Quality Portal, the public can review chemical, biological, and habitat data for rivers and streams across the Susquehanna basin.

These data were acquired through single, point-in-time, “grab” samples collected by Commission staff for a variety of long- and short-term projects. Users can select from four categories of data, including water chemistry, habitat, fish, and other aquatic life.

The portal provides tools to query and filter data and view sample locations in either a table or on a map. The data contained in the portal cover Commission monitoring activities through 2012, with date ranges extending back to the early 1980s for certain categories like water chemistry.

The Mine Drainage Portal provides public access to data compiled as part of the Commission's efforts to assess and track impacts to water quality from mine drainage in the basin. Within the Mine Drainage Portal, users can find chemical data for parameters typically associated with mine drainage impacts within the rivers and streams in the basin.

These data were acquired from a variety of data sources, including other local, state, and federal agencies, as well as non-governmental groups.

New datasets will be uploaded on a periodic basis after undergoing staff review.

Click Here for the direct link to the Commission’s Water Quality Portal.  Click Here For the direct link to the Commission’s Mine Drainage Portal

For continuous water quality data collected at select locations throughout the basin, please continue to visit the Commission’s other webpage associated with its Remote Water Quality Monitoring Network. 

Links: Update On CBF Activities In PA By Harry Campbell, PA Office Director

10/28/2013