Status and Trends in Canadian Waters

What is the status/state of our water resources and how are they changing?

Understanding streamflow conditions throughout a ‘jurisdiction’, whether  they are changing over time, and communicating this information to managers and the public is important. This page is dedicated to a discussion to develop a framework for reporting on status and trends in Canadian waters with the following vision:

Vision

Accessible, science-based, reproducible, transferable, scalable methods and visualisation tools that can be easily implemented in public-facing frameworks to report on status and trends in Canadian waters that is understandable to the public.

The discussion was initiated at the Canadian Water Resources Association 2025 National Conference with the following presentation:

 

Examples of existing status and trends reporting frameworks in Canada using R-Shiny dashboards

Other status and trends reporting for streamflow in Canada

Activities

Updates to the discussion and opportunities to participate will be provided on this page. If you wish to participate in this initiative, contact: canadian.h2os "@" gmail.com.

Survey

We need your help! We are surveying the Canadian water resources community to identify water resource themes and characteristics, indicators and methods most relevant to decision makers. This information will help guide our initiative. Please follow the link below to the survey. Your input is very much appreciated. 

Status and Trends in Canadian Waters – Fill out form

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