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    Surface Water Quality Monitoring Data

    Metadata Updated: April 19, 2025

    The Big Sioux River has the following designated beneficial uses established by the State of South Dakota: Domestic Water Supply, Warm water Semi-permanent Fish Life, Warm water Marginal Fish Life, Immersion Recreation, Limited Contact Recreation, Fish and Wildlife Propagation, and Irrigation. The State of South Dakota has established Water Quality Criteria (WQC) to protect this water body for these designated uses. Skunk Creek is a major contributor to the flow and overall character to the water quality of the Big Sioux River in Sioux Falls, however, the Skunk Creek does not have the same designated uses as the Big Sioux River. The Public Works Environmental Division monitors the conditions along the Big Sioux River as well as Skunk Creek in the Sioux Falls area. Monitoring data for Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Escherichia Coli bacteria (E. Coli), and Total Suspended Solids (TSS) is available for public review. The water quality criteria for each of these parameters are outlined on the City's Environmental Division website. To view data on each segment of the river that is monitored, find the parameter of interest and then select either historic data or recent month’s data.

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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. See Terms License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Metadata Created Date April 22, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date April 19, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from City of Sioux Falls Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 22, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date April 19, 2025
    Publisher City of Sioux Falls GIS
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2023-04-07T18:59:54.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-04-17T13:07:50.000Z
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    Homepage URL https://dataworks.siouxfalls.gov/datasets/cityofsfgis::surface-water-quality-monitoring-data
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
    Metadata Type geospatial
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