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**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 results. Environmental test results, including physical, chemical and biological analyses of samples taken from water, air, solid waste discharges and ambient monitoring sites throughout the province. Samples are collected by either ministry staff or permittees under the Environmental Management Act and then analyzed in public or private sector laboratories. Code information Support Tables are available on the EMS [website](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=90A61A67831A4D108859FF77E74C2D4A). The environmental monitoring locations are available in this [geographic dataset](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/634ee4e0-c8f7-4971-b4de-12901b0b4be6). You can view EMS data from surface water monitoring sites located throughout the province [here](https://governmentofbc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0ecd608e27ec45cd923bdcfeefba00a7)

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Name	Format	Description	Link
csv	CSV		https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/949f2233-9612-4b06-92a9-903e817da659/resource/f5db16a4-b8db-4142-a417-85b2cfc7e46f/download/dict-alpha-2022.csv
Original metadata (https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca)	HTML		https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/bc-environmental-monitoring-system-results
ems_sample_results_4yr_current_expanded.csv	CSV		https://pub.data.gov.bc.ca/datasets/949f2233-9612-4b06-92a9-903e817da659/ems_sample_results_4yr_current_expanded.csv
ems_sample_results_current.csv	CSV		https://pub.data.gov.bc.ca/datasets/949f2233-9612-4b06-92a9-903e817da659/ems_sample_results_current.csv
ems_sample_results_current_expanded.csv	CSV		https://pub.data.gov.bc.ca/datasets/949f2233-9612-4b06-92a9-903e817da659/ems_sample_results_current_expanded.csv
ems_sample_results_expanded_all_nitrate_1109.csv	CSV		https://pub.data.gov.bc.ca/datasets/949f2233-9612-4b06-92a9-903e817da659/ems_sample_results_expanded_all_nitrate_1109.csv
ems_sample_results_historic.csv	CSV		https://pub.data.gov.bc.ca/datasets/949f2233-9612-4b06-92a9-903e817da659/ems_sample_results_historic.csv
ems_sample_results_historic_expanded.csv	CSV		https://pub.data.gov.bc.ca/datasets/949f2233-9612-4b06-92a9-903e817da659/ems_sample_results_historic_expanded.csv

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