News

• Oct 27, 2023 - Open Water Data Blog Post on Toronto Open Data Data Stories.
• Sep 15, 2023 - Intelligent Cities will host webinar about Open Water Data.
• Sep 6, 2023 - Water quality information has been added for 21 Mississippi beaches, including Gulfport Harbor Beach, thanks to Mississippi Beach Monitoring Program.
• Aug 28, 2023 - Swim Pace, Heart Rate, Strokes per Minute and Water Temperature graphs added under My Swim Data.
• Aug 15, 2023 - Open Water Data presentation (YouTube) at Civic Tech Toronto.
• Jul 30, 2023 - Data tile graphs now display the latest 30 Days of data by default, with the option to increase or decrease the time range.  The "All Time" option displays all data collected in the past, which was previously the only option.  When 7 Days or less is selected, all data for the selected time range is displayed when available (e.g hourly), instead of just the daily averages.
• Jul 17, 2023 - Water quality status added for locations where it is available.  Initially the primary data source for this is Swim Guide by Swim Drink Fish.  However, there are a number of other sources, such as Niagara Region Beach Water Testing.
• Jul 16, 2023 - Water quality and temperature information has been added to 19 Niagara Region beaches, including Bay Beach (aka Crystal Beach), thanks to Niagara Region Beach Water Testing.
• Jul 9, 2023 - Improved search and filter functionality in the top navigation.  Keyword search still updates the map as you type, but also displays location results just below the search input as you type, including country, region and city information.  A set of check boxes below the search input make it possible to filter the map by features, such as locations with monitored water quality, swimming, snorkeling, disabled friendly, public restrooms, changing rooms, etc.
• Jul 8, 2023 - Steve Hulford discusses Open Water Data and our water temperature buoys on City News and on YouTube.
• Jun 24, 2023 - A new Open Data page has been added to detail how to download and query the open data behind Open Water Data.
• Jun 23, 2023 - Three new water temperature buoys have been deployed in Toronto at Humber Bay West, Ontario Place West Island Beach and Woodbine Beach.
• Jun 15, 2023 - E. Coli monitoring for 8 beaches in Hamilton, Ontario are now online, thanks to the open data provided for Hamilton Beach Water Quality.
• Jun 5, 2023 - More open water swimmers with Garmin watches have signed up and are contributing water temperature and swim activity data collected during their swims.  Thank you!
• Jun 4, 2023 - A new buoy has been deployed at Kew-Balmy Beach in Toronto for accurate water temperatures 24/7, in addition to the existing one at Cherry Beach in Toronto.  More to come soon!
• Jun 3, 2023 - The City of Toronto has started testing e. coli (Lake Ontario) levels at 10 popular Toronto beaches for the 2023 swim season.  This site is updated as soon as results become available on the City of Toronto Beaches data feeds.
• May 31, 2023 - New York State has started testing e. coli (Lake Erie) and enterococcus (Atlantic Ocean) levels at 282 beaches for the 2023 swim season.  This site is updated as soon as results become available on the New York State Department of Health Beach Water Quality data feeds.