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NOAA Digital Coast Water Quality

National coastal water quality monitoring

coast.noaa.gov

At a glance

Region
United States
Coverage
US coastal waters
Access
Free
Category
Government
Last updated
2025

What's inside

  • Coastal Water Quality
  • Estuarine Data
  • Marine Ecosystems
  • Nutrients
  • pH Monitoring

What you can do with it

Typical work that data of this type supports.

  1. 01

    Sea-level planning

    Plan for sea-level rise and storm surge.

    Because it has: Coastal Water Quality

  2. 02

    Saline intrusion

    Track salt moving into rivers and aquifers.

  3. 03

    Hotspots and trends

    Find where contamination is high and whether it is getting worse.

Where AI adds value

Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.

  1. 01

    Surge forecasts

    Forecast surge and coastal water levels quickly.

  2. 02

    Shoreline change

    Detect erosion and accretion from imagery.

  3. 03

    Risk maps

    Predict contamination where no samples exist, from geology, land use and climate.

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