SCCWRP releases open data portal for post-fire monitoring network

SCCWRP has unveiled an open data portal for the Los Angeles-area Post-Fire Water Quality Monitoring Network that provides centralized access to high-quality, comparable data tracking the environmental effects of pollution and debris from the Palisades and Eaton fires.

The data portal, which went live in January, contains data for nearly 100 different contaminants and other water-quality metrics spanning Santa Monica Bay and the Los Angeles River and San Gabriel River watersheds; the data sets published so far cover the first six months after the fires.

Managers can use the data portal to assess the overall extent of effects from the fires, including which sites exceed contaminant thresholds for human health and aquatic health.