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Table 8
Percentage of samples compliant with guidelines for the British Columbia dataset

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Parameter
Compliance percentage
pH
99.9
Temperature
98.8
Lead
98.7
Chromium
94.9
Phosphorus
93.0
Zinc
93.0
Copper
85.8
Cadmium
8.0
Note:
Overall compliance percentage: 87%.
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.