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

Inventory of Data Sources

Municipal Wastewater Database (New Brunswick)

Contact
Sheryl Johnstone
Wastewater Technical Advisor
Environmental Management Division
Stewardship Branch
New Brunswick Dept of Environment & Local Govern't
20 McGloin St.
P.O. Box 6000
Fredericton, NB
E3B 6H1
Tel: (506) 453-3824
E-mail: Sheryl.Johnstone@gnb.ca

Organization Maintaining the Database
Environmental Management Division, Stewardship Branch, New Brunswick Dept of the Environment and Local Government

Purpose of Database
To collect and store wastewater data for internal records/analysis.

Content
New Brunswick provincial and local/municipal data on wastewater quality. Data types: biological, microbiological, chemical. Data elements: wastewater testing data on E-coli, temperature, ph, biological oxygen demand (BOD), suspended solids (SS), and DO. Geolocators: longitudinal / latitudinal coordinates. There are approximately 300 records in the database.

Year Database Established
Not specified

Coverage Period
1995 to 2003

Data Updates
Regularly

Data Provider
New Brunswick Dept of the Environment and Local Government; wastewater facility operators collect the data.

Data Availability
Access to the data is limited to internal users in the New Brunswick Dept of Environment and Local Government.

Reports
Not specified

Additional Comments
Data are collected under the authority of the Clean Environment Act. A Certificate of Approval is provided for each facility.