The earliest overall environmental water quality monitoring in Taiwan could be dated back to 1976. Since 2001, the Department of Environmental Monitoring and Information Management of the EPA took over the monitoring of all of the water bodies around Taiwan, including rivers, reservoirs, underground water, territorial waters and beaches, and started to establish the preliminary water quality database and online management system. From 2003 to 2020, the water quality database has experienced three versions of updates. The regular water quality monitoring and systematic management has matured with time. Since 2019, another update has been implemented in the backend system for the water quality database and the frontend of the public website. In view of the trend and to comply with the digital transformation and the government’s policy in open data, the architecture and the functions of the front and back end systems have been reevaluated. Based on the current use of the water quality monitoring and information digitalization, the website’s operation and logic has been redesigned. In addition, with the advancements of data application and handheld devices in the information era, a software has been developed to help with onsite sampling. Nowadays, more and more people access information from the browsers on their handheld devices. To accommodate people’s reading habits, the responsive web design (RWD) has been adopted, so as to fit all screen sizes. Moreover, the water monitoring data has been visualized. Some terminologies are complemented with small cards with explanations, so it is easier for the public to understand. Through this latest update, the management system and the website have been adjusted, hoping to help the public better understand the water quality data, so they will appreciate the government’s efforts in environmental water quality monitoring.

Water quality monitoring、Information integration、Data analysis