Inventory of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Environmental and Occupational Health Data
Sources and Surveillance Activities

Inventory of Data Sources

Saskatchewan Environment's Environmental Management System (SEEMS)

Contacts
Marlon Killaby
Manager, Environmental Information Section
Saskatchewan Environment
3211 Albert Street
Regina, SK
S4S 5W6
Tel: (306) 787-5021
E-mail: mkillaby@serm.gov.sk.ca

Sreenivas Palla
SEEMS Database Administrator
[Address same as above]
Tel: (306)- 87-8608
E-mail: spalla@serm.gov.sk.ca

Database URL
SaskH2O
www.SaskH2O.ca

Organization Maintaining the Database
Environmental Information Section, Environmental

Protection Branch, Saskatchewan Environment

Purpose of Database
To manage provincial drinking water quality data and information.

Content
Provincial and local/municipal data on drinking water quality and other water quality. Data types: contaminant levels in media; bio-monitoring data; biological, microbiological, chemical, toxicological, geographic. Geolocators: municipal codes; legal land description; longitudinal / latitudinal coordinates. Data elements: Waterworks permits to operate, inspection results, and water quality laboratory results.

Data coding/classification standards: Federal and provincial water quality guidelines.

Year Database Established
April 2003

Coverage Period
1974 to present

Data Updates
Daily

Data Provider
Water testing laboratories, consultants and Saskatchewan Environment staff; drinking water operations across the province are the original sources of the data.

Data Availability
The main users of the information in the database are Saskatchewan Environment staff and the general public through its public webpage; also other provincial government agencies. Staff enter the system through a web browser and unique password; public access information is via a separate webpage.

Reports
Not specified.

Additional Comments
Data are collected under the authority of the Environmental Management and Protection Act and its Drinking Water Regulations.

Documentation on the database is available.