History of DOM & DBP in Drinking Water Sources across the Northwest Territories

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Description:
This dataset is a compilation of public water quality records from the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA), Government of Northwest Territories for all communities in the Northwest Territories, 1994-2016. Water quality data includes measures of true colour and concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (DOM) and disinfection by-products (DBP), specifically trihalomethane species. Each record includes community and region information, sampling dates, water sampling source, lab information, and DOM and DBP values.

Data is derived from MACA records available online at https://www.nwtdrinkingwater.ca/operations/water/water_raw.asp

Notes: ====DATA DICTIONARY====
Community - Community Name
Region - Region Name
WTP_Type - Water Treatment Plant Type:
    Class I
    Class II
    Small System
Date - Date of sample
Source - Water Source
Source Type - Type of Water Source:
    Groundwater
    Lake
    Reservoir
    River
Sample Location - Location of Sample:
    Water Treatment Plant (various stages)
    Lake
    Treated Water Reservoir
    Water Truck
    Other (variable)
    Intake
    Tap
Type - Treated Water Indicator:
    Raw
    Treated
Lab - Name of Lab where analysis was performed
Bromodichloromethane_mg.L - Levels of Bromodichloromethane measured in mg/L
Bromoform_mg.L - Levels of Bromoform measured in mg/L
Chlorodibromomethane_mg.L - Levels of Chlorodibromomethane measured in mg/L
Chloroform_mg.L - Levels of Chloroform measured in mg/L
Total_THM_mg.L - Total amount of THM measured in mg/L
DOC_mg.L - Total amount of dissolved organic carbon measured in mg/L
True_Colour_TCU - True Color of water samples measured in True Colour Units
THM_Potential_mg.L - Measure of THM Potential in mg/L

Author(s):
Aukes, Pieter

Aukes, Pieter

Wilfrid Laurier University
0000-0003-0759-2187
, Venkiteswaran, Jason

Venkiteswaran, Jason

Wilfrid Laurier University
ORCID 0000-0002-6574-7071
, Schiff, Sherry

Schiff, Sherry

University of Waterloo
0000-0002-7704-7304
, English, Michael

English, Michael

Wilfrid Laurier University
0000-0003-2484-573X
, and Department of Municipal and Community Affairs

Department of Municipal and Community Affairs

Government of Northwest Territories
Contributor(s):
Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Aukes, Pieter, Venkiteswaran, Jason, and Laurier Library Research Data Services
Source Repository:
Wilfrid Laurier University Dataverse
Series:
Wilfrid Laurier University Library Research Data Repository Dataverse
Publisher(s):
Borealis
Access:
Public
URL:
https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/4E6LGS
Publication date:
2020-11-27
Subjects:
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Keywords:
Water quality, Northwest Territories, Dissolved organic matter, Drinking water quality, Disinfection by products, Community water sources, and Trihalomethanes
Identifier:
https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/4E6LGS

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APA Citation:
Aukes, P., Venkiteswaran, J., Schiff, S., English, M., of Municipal, D., & Affairs, C. (2020). History of DOM & DBP in Drinking Water Sources across the Northwest Territories [Data set]. Wilfrid Laurier University Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/4E6LGS
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