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Water quality is a globally accepted and widely used measure for assessing and monitoring the condition of freshwater ecosystems. It has a pivotal affect on the integrity of aquatic ecosystems. The physical and chemical characteristics of water have a strong influence on aquatic biota and freshwater ecosystem processes. As a result, changes in water quality may provide an early warning of environmental stress to aquatic ecosystems. The water quality index (WQI) is a tool that was developed by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) to summarize complex water chemistry data to a single index in order to simplify and standardize water quality assessment and reporting across the country. Water samples are taken twice a year at the same location from 18 lakes during June and August.

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Name	Format	Description	Link
Lake Water Quality - Kejimkujik - Summary Data - 1	CSV		https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/345546e4-24ed-4b03-bff9-ad02548ae865/resource/abcb120b-c5dd-43c6-99d5-801175d7d9d8/download/kejimkujik_np_freshwater_lake_water_quality_2008-2024_data.csv
Lake Water Quality - Kejimkujik - Data Dictionary	CSV		https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/345546e4-24ed-4b03-bff9-ad02548ae865/resource/ee28d7fa-8baa-4b60-9b9c-975b0a8d5f15/download/kejimkujik_np_freshwater_lake_water_quality_data_dictionary.csv

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