Inventory of microbial monitoring data for surface water

View map of National Microbial Monitoring Programme (NMMP) "hotspots".

The Department of Water and Sanitation, in cooperation with other agencies, monitors these sites because they have a high potential for contamination with microbial pathogens.
Site types include :
Site colours reflect the maximum aggregated annual class during the 5 years up to 2024-08-27 - grey markers flag 'old data'.
Click on a site to see a thumbnail summary of the microbial data, then click on the thumbnail for a complete time-series plot, which includes more detail about risk.
Disclaimer: classes are inferred from transient indicator species, and the current risk of exposure to pathogens may be higher or lower than shown here.
Download: obtain a copy of the raw data used to generate this map - includes citation instructions.
Special request: kindly inform us if you notice any errors in site positions or descriptions.

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