Open Knowledge

Water Quality 20% open

Mexico


What data is expected?

Data, measured at the water source, on the quality of water is essential for both the delivery of services and the prevention of diseases. In order to satisfy the minimum requirements for this category, data should be available on level of the following chemicals by water source and be updated at least weekly:

  • fecal coliform
  • arsenic
  • fluoride levels
  • nitrates
  • TDS (Total dissolved solids)

What data is available

  •   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
  •   Is the data available for free? Unsure
  •   Is the data machine readable? No (n/a)
  •   Available in bulk? No
  •   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Unsure
  •   Publicly available? Yes(as Water Quality Indicators published by National Water Commission)
  •   Is data in digital form? Yes
  •   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
  •   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

There are several websites that have references to water quality data.

There are several more updated reports that have water quality assessments of various water body sources.

http://www.conagua.gob.mx/CONAGUA07/Publicaciones/Publicaciones/EAM2014.pdf

There is also the water data portal: http://201.116.60.25/sina/Default5.aspx?tab=2

And also water documents library: http://www.agua.org.mx/index.php/biblioteca-tematica/usos-del-agua/uso-domestico-del-agua-urbano-y-rural/1280-metodos-de-purificacion-de-agua?start=10

However, I can't find any downloadable dataset of the parameters.

Reviewer comments

After searching several of the water related portals of which there are many with a diverse amount of information, there is no downloadable dataset with all the parameters.

Contributors

Reviewers

  • Nisha Thompson

Submitters

  • Ricardo Pizzuto