Atlantic Water Network
923 Robie Street B3H 3C3 Halifax, NS, Canada

Curious why so many people across Atlantic Canada are monitoring their lakes and rivers? New Brunswick watershed organizations have created an infographic to tell you more. We're proud to work with so many passionate organizations who monitor their waterways with healthy water in mind! Contact your local watershed group today for more information!

DEADLINE TO APPLY: Join our team for the winter season as an Environmental Communication Officer! Cutoff is THIS SUNDAY at 11:59 pm AST. #smuworks application info #SMUdents #scicomm

PEI is home to 24 community-based watershed organizations, and the PEI Watershed Alliance is there to make sure that each organization has the resources and tools they need to succeed. We're thrilled to work with the PEI Watershed Alliance to offer free loans of high quality monitoring equipment to Island residents. Contact them today to book a loan [email protected]. Sade Stacey #WaterDataWednesday

Calling all SMUdents: Atlantic Water Network is hiring an Environmental Communication Officer! This exciting role will be focused on connecting with our water community through storytelling and social media. Hone your communications and outreach skills and learn from environmental leaders throughout all Atlantic Canada. More info: career360.smu.ca/home.htm

The muck at the bottom of lakes holds a treasure-trove of decades and centuries-old data about environmental change. We recently had a chance to catch up with Jean Cleveland at Tusket River Environmental Protection Association (TREPA) / Friends of TREPA to learn about exciting new water research in Southwest Nova Scotia. Since 2009, TREPA has been working with local volunteers and others to closely monitor surface water quality in the Tusket River watershed. These studies ...began in response to observed algal blooms that were initially attributed to mink farming in the area. Today, TREPA is collaborating with a group of scientists from Nova Scotia and Ontario who are using a paleolimnological approach to gain an even deeper understanding of how lakes within the Carleton River watershed have changed over time. Paleolim-what, you ask? Check out the full story to learn more about this fascinating and mysterious research! atlwaternetwork.ca/community-spotlight-tusket-river-enviro/

Good news: New research by the Nova Scotia Salmon Association with support from Oceans North shows that Atlantic Salmon are still returning to many rivers in N...ova Scotia! The Nova Scotia Salmon Association used a cutting-edge technique called "environmental DNA" (or eDNA) sampling. Doing a salmon survey in these rivers used to mean electrofishingbasically, stunning fish with electricity and catching them. With eDNA, however, it's possible to take a water sample and test it to see whether there's evidence of the species you're looking for. While this doesn't tell you how many fish there are, it's less labour intensive, and is especially useful for tracking species that are endangered or have small populations. When combined with water quality surveys, the researchers were able to show how salmon presence is linked to certain water conditions. The results show that protecting and restoring freshwater habitat will be key to seeing Atlantic Salmon thrive again. Learn more here: https://nssalmon.ca/resources

It's the AWN Equipment Bank in action! Check out this amazing volunteer monitoring initiative led by the Municipality of Chester and Coastal Action.

It's not too early to start dreaming of next year's field season. Atlantic Water Network provides free, maintained, and calibrated equipment to community-based water monitoring organizations, volunteers, and researchers in Atlantic Canada (and yes - it's open year-round)! Our main equipment bank works like a library with loans of up to two weeks, and is based at Saint Mary's University Halifax. Check it out and contact us today: https://atlwaternetwork.ca/programs/equipment...-bank/ Don't know how to use the equipment? We've got you covered with training and resources too! https://atlwaternetwork.ca/resources/training/ Sade Stacey #WaterDataWednesday

Say goodbye to broken dataset links this #WaterDataWednesday! When a dataset is added to DataStream, it is automatically assigned a unique digital object identifier (DOI). This is a link that will always stay the same and will always point directly to the dataset - no matter what! DOIs make sure that:... Datasets are always findable It's easy to cite a dataset You'll never see a '404 Page Not Found' error again! Have you uploaded #WaterData to DataStream? Find your DOI in the Dataset Information sidebar and use it to share your data! This is just one step DataStream has taken to promote FAIR data principles (data is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable). Learn more here: https://atlanticdatastream.ca//new-feature-dois-on-datastr

Join Megan Thompson, Aquatic Ecologist and Limnologist, and Mary Kruk, #DataStream’s Water Data Specialist, for the final #DiveIntoData webinar of the year, whe...n they will be navigating the QA/QC process for #water quality #data. Topics include: Checking for outliers Interpreting field and lab quality control data Comparing water quality parameters to assess your data’s accuracy Register now and join us on 26 November at 1pm Eastern: https://bit.ly/DiveIntoDataQAQC

We couldn't be happier with the outcomes of the 2020 #AquaHacking Challenge - East Coast edition! BIG THANKS again to all of our partners AquaHacking Hackworks, Waterlution, Saint Mary's University Entrepreneurship Centre for making the program possible.

"One of Nova Scotia's worst contaminated sites should be able to recover from decades of pulp mill pollution." According to new research, "pre-industrial sediment found underneath lagoons at Boat Harbour can support aquatic life."