BC Environmental Monitoring Locations

PLEASE NOTE: The Environmental Monitoring System will be replaced by the EnMoDS system on March 5th, 2026. The EMS results objects will not contain new data after Feb 26th, 2026. For recent data please refer to EnMoDS spatial locations and location groups. Environmental Monitoring Stations (EMS) spatial points coverage for the Province by LOCATION TYPES. The following spatial layers reference this as a data source: 1. Environmental Monitoring - All Stations 2. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Air Monitoring (Ambient Air Site) 3. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Air Monitoring (Air Permit) 4. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Water Sites (Water Monitoring) 5. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Water Sites (Water Permits) 6. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Water Sites (Well) 7. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Water Sites (Observation Well) 8. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Water Sites (Spring)

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Author
Author Email
Maintainer
Maintainer Email
Data Level
Agreement Required
Purpose Constraints
Redistribution Allowed
AI Training Allowed
Data Steward
Title (French)
Update Frequency	irregular
Geographic Scope	[]
Criticality Level	[]
Sensitivity Level	unrestricted
Language
Contact Person	{"en": "Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Knowledge Management", "fr": "Gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique; Gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique; Knowledge Management"}
Contact Email	EMSHELP@gov.bc.ca
Data Dictionary	EPSG:3005,EPSG,unknown
Open Canada Date Published	2011-03-09 00:00:00
Open Canada Date Modified
Open Canada Subject	["nature_and_environment"]
Open Canada Keywords	{"en": ["EMS", "Environmental Monitoring Systems", "Water Chemistry", "air quality", "ambient monitoring", "environmental monitoring", "groundwater quality chemistry", "meteorological", "monitoring locations", "surface water", "waste", "water quality", "Government information"], "fr-t-en": ["EMS", "Systèmes de surveillance environnementale", "Chimie de l'eau", "qualité de l'air", "surveillance de l'environnement", "surveillance de l'environnement", "chimie de la qualité des eaux souterraines", "météorologique", "sites de surveillance", "eaux de surface", "déchets", "qualité de l'eau", "Information gouvernementale"]}
Open Canada Collection	fgp
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