One of NWT CIMP’s key goals under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act (MVRMA) is to report on environmental trends and/or make environmental trend data available to decision makers. In 2011, a meeting among NWT decision makers directed NWT CIMP to focus on three specific Valued Components (VCs): caribou, water quality and quantity, and fish.

Trend reports written for water quality and quantity can be found below. A more comprehensive collection can be found under Water Management. 

• Status and Trends of of Water Chemistry and Flow in the Coppermine and Lockhart River Basins 
  Full report on the trends of flow, water quality and suspended sediment quality in the Coppermine and Lockhart River Basins.
• ​Status and Trends of Flow, Water Quality and Suspended Sediment Quality in the Peel River Watershed
  Full report on the trends of flow, water quality and suspended sediment quality in the Peel River watershed.
• Water and Suspended Sediment Quality in the Transboundary Reach of the Slave River, Northwest Territories
  A summary report on water and suspended sediment quality in the Slave River.
• Water and Suspended Sediment Quality of the Transboundary Reach of the Slave River, Northwest Territories
  Full report on water and suspended sediment quality in the Slave River.
• Status and Trends of Hydrology, Water Quality and Suspended Sediment Quality of the Hay River
  Full report on the status and trends of hydrology, water quality and suspended sediment quality of the Hay River.