<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:creator>Washington State Department of Ecology, Environmental Assessment Program</dc:creator><dc:description>The Washington State Department of Ecology has conducted monthly water quality monitoring at hundreds of freshwater and marine water quality stations throughout the state since 1959. Ecology monitors about 80 stations each year, some on a one-year basis, some on a five-year rotation, and some are monitored continuously. This spatial data set shows the location of these monitoring stations.</dc:description><dc:format>ArcGIS FeatureLayer</dc:format><dc:identifier>https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/d57c943be6354d4788c8a8f92030acbc_0</dc:identifier><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:publisher>State of Washington Geospatial Open Data Portal</dc:publisher><dc:rights>Public</dc:rights><dc:title>Department of Ecology Ambient Monitoring Stations [Washington (State)]</dc:title><dc:type>Web services</dc:type><dc:coverage>Washington (State)</dc:coverage><dc:date>Last Modified: 2025-12-29</dc:date></oai_dc:dc>