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    Surface Water - Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms

    Metadata Updated: May 14, 2024

    Freshwater harmful algal bloom (HAB) data from the Freshwater Harmful Algal Bloom (FHAB) data system. The FHAB data system is the California State Water Resources Control Board's data system for data and information voluntarily reported to the agency. Bloom reports are voluntary reports submitted by the public or organization to identify a POTENTIAL HAB for evaluation. Bloom Reports may or may not include a report that is confirmed to be a HAB, regardless, all bloom reports are published. Due to the voluntary basis of information and data included in the database, data and information may include: waterbody name and location, potential algal bloom location and observed characteristics, observed field observations and/or analytical sampling results, waterbody and/or land management, general information, recommended advisory status (if any), and updates regarding bloom status. Refer to Data Dictionary and Data Disclaimer for additional information about this dataset. Please visit the Water Boards FHABS web site for more information and data visualizations https://mywaterquality.ca.gov/habs/index.html.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date July 23, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date May 14, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from State of California

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 23, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date May 14, 2024
    Publisher California State Water Resources Control Board
    Maintainer
    Identifier ab672540-aecd-42f1-9b05-9aad326f97ec
    Data First Published 2019-08-10T03:26:02.549594
    Data Last Modified 2024-05-14T18:22:08.220060
    Category Water
    Public Access Level public
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id d9a02afb-5867-48a2-990e-81a122b11322
    Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
    Harvest Source Title State of California
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash cece5e47214e97fa79cfc7821e7da6a3f563ecd836b9f607544f3a743cfad260
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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