Technical Presentations. ▪ Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador Aqua Link (CANAL) Presentation - CANAL was first developed as a pilot project through ResEau funding - It was developed as a tool to bring water quality data/information to Canadians - Its main goal is to convert information to knowledge - It is an innovative product that was achieved through partnership under the Agreement - There was a substantial exchange of expertise that allowed this project to work - The general public accesses CANAL through one web page, however, it is blended from federal and provincial ▇▇▇▇▇▇ - CANAL has also been repackaged and can be accessed through Google Earth - It is an ideal location to continue to add data /tools - CANAL web site is launched and is awaiting a press release under the Agreement - There was a lot of background work to develop CANAL (ie; convert Site Doc into database; convert spreadsheets into database; develop development pressures calculator; development and implementation of WQI protocols with VMV codes; etc.) - The weakest link with CANAL is the downloading of data from ENVIRODAT; it is not user-friendly and the data is out-of-date; it is not being updated and managed properly. - There was a lot of work initiated throughout the CANAL project, however, some of the work never got implemented into the web site (i.e. created an automated calculator but did not implement it; watershed rollup capacity of WQI scores not implemented; site-specific guidelines WQI calculator was developed but not implemented; etc) - NL continued to work in many areas as a result of CANAL (CANAL paper submitted in Dec 2005 awaiting a response; paper on relative ranking of WQMA sites using WQI submitted in Dec 2005 awaiting a response; integration of CANAL into GIS Intranet system) - There is a lot of work continuing that can be incorporated into the CANAL web site such as:
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Sources: Water Quality Monitoring Agreement, Water Quality Monitoring Agreement
Technical Presentations. ▪ Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador Aqua Link (CANAL) Presentation ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ - CANAL was first developed as a pilot project through ResEau funding - It was developed as a tool to bring water quality data/information to Canadians - Its main goal is to convert information to knowledge - It is an innovative product that was achieved through partnership under the Agreement - There was a substantial exchange of expertise that allowed this project to work - The general public accesses CANAL through one web page, however, it is blended from federal and provincial ▇▇▇▇▇▇ - CANAL has also been repackaged and can be accessed through Google Earth - It is an ideal location to continue to add data /tools - CANAL web site is launched and is awaiting a press release under the Agreement - There was a lot of background work to develop CANAL (ie; convert Site Doc into database; convert spreadsheets into database; develop development pressures calculator; development and implementation of WQI protocols with VMV codes; etc.) - The weakest link with CANAL is the downloading of data from ENVIRODAT; it is not user-friendly and the data is out-of-date; it is not being updated and managed properly. - There was a lot of work initiated throughout the CANAL project, however, some of the work never got implemented into the web site (i.e. created an automated calculator but did not implement it; watershed rollup capacity of WQI scores not implemented; site-specific guidelines WQI calculator was developed but not implemented; etc) - NL continued to work in many areas as a result of CANAL (CANAL paper submitted in Dec 2005 awaiting a response; paper on relative ranking of WQMA sites using WQI submitted in Dec 2005 awaiting a response; integration of CANAL into GIS Intranet system) - There is a lot of work continuing that can be incorporated into the CANAL web site such as:
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Sources: Water Quality Monitoring Agreement