Inventory of microbial monitoring data for surface water
View map of National Microbial Monitoring Programme (NMMP) "hotspots"
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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 :
Rivers
Dam / Barrage
Canal
Estuary/Lagoon
Wetland
Spring/Eye
Lake
Pan
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
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Special request
:
kindly inform us if you notice any errors in site positions or descriptions
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Page last updated: 2024-10-22 16:08 using NMMP_leaflet_map.R v0.8