Data, measured at the water source, on the quality of water is essential for both the delivery of services and the prevention of diseases. In order to satisfy the minimum requirements for this category, data should be available on level of the following chemicals by water source.
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Available in bulk | No | There is no historical series of data, only the last report. |
| In an open format | the data comes in a PDF format report only. | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| Up-to-date | No | The department says on its homepage that it is a monthly report, but the last one is from September. The survey is being done late december. |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Openly licenced | No | There is no license to use and no information that the data is public on the site. |
| findable | 4 | I found the data just by putting in google a phrase (qualidade de água na cidade de são paulo) about the information. |
| findable_steps | I googled “qualidade de água na cidade de são paulo” (Water quality in São Paulo city). I was directed by google to the site of the Municipal Health Department (https://www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/cidade/secretarias/saude/vigilancia_em_saude/saude_ambiental/agua/index.php?p=6967). At the left of the homepage, we have a link with the word “water”. When you click at the word, it opens the VIGIAGUA portal. When you are at VIGIAGUA you have to click at “Veja aqui os resultados das últimas análises!” Than a PDF file opens with the last report. | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 1 | The data comes in PDF and to use them you must convert from PDF format to an editable format. |
| collector_name | Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de São Paulo | |
| characteristics | Fecal coliform, Nitrates, Available for entire city | The information comes in PDF per administrative district in São Paulo, but not per water source. Fecal coliform information comes described as “E.coli” and “Termotolerant bacteria”. |
| location | https://www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/cidade/secretarias/saud - VIGIAGUA aims to monitor the quality of water for human consumption in the city of São Paulo, as well as to detect situations of health risk related to its consumption. |
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