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NWT Water Stewardship: Community-Based Monitoring
Northern Voices, Northern Waters: NWT Water Stewardship Strategy was released in 2010. The strategy states a vision for water stewardship in the NWT:
"The waters of the Northwest Territories will remain clean, abundant and productive for all time."
NWT Water Stewardship: A Plan For Action was released the following year, and put into motion the vision of the Strategy. Part of the implementation of the Action plan is to support NWT communities to become more involved in water stewardship activities like monitoring and research.
Community-based monitoring fosters a wide range of innovations, including increased awareness of water stewardship issues, improved traditional knowledge collection and application as well as increased direct community involvement in research and monitoring program design. The Government of the Northwest Territories provides a range of funding resources and equipment for community-based monitoring projects.
Learn More
Before planning your community-based monitoring program, you may want to learn more about different water quality parameters and contaminants.
How to take a sample for lab analysis
Water Quality Fact Sheets
Chlorophyll
Conductivity
Dissolved Oxygen
Oxidation-Reduction Potential
pH
Turbidity
Water Temperature
Contaminants
Mercury
Organochlorine Pesticides
PAHs
PCBs
Trace Metals
Fish Resources (Useful information for fish monitoring)
Fish Monitoring Form
Fish Anatomy Diagrams
Healthy Fish, Healthy Ecosystems
Procedures for Processing Fish
Sampling Forms for Outreach
Aquatic Ecosystem Health Indicators
This brochure talks about the important of including a variety of indicators from the ecosystem in aquatic monitoring to properly assess the health of the ecosystem. Included in the brochure is a river transect with potential indicators for the Slave River and the Slave River Delta that has been developed.
Funding Resources and Equipment Manuals
Click here for funding and equipment resources for community-based monitoring projects.
Contact Us
To request a hard copy of any of the materials or resources provided, or for more information about community-based monitoring in the NWT, please contact:
Land and Water Division
Environment and Natural Resources
Tel: (867) 920-6339
nwtwaterstrategy@gov.nt.ca
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