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Table 6
Percentage of samples compliant with guidelines for the Newfoundland and Labrador dataset

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Parameter
Compliance percentage
Nickel
100.0
Dissolved oxygen
99.7
Phosphorus
97.9
Chloride
96.0
Zinc
85.5
Copper
83.7
Iron
77.9
pH
57.6
Lead
27.5
Aluminum
10.7
Note:
Overall compliance percentage: 73.6%.
Data source: Data come from federal, provincial and joint water quality surveillance programs.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, Environment Accounts and Statistics Technical Paper Series, volume 2007, number 3, Behaviour Study on the Water Quality Index of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, catalogue number 16-001-MWE.