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Beach Water Quality - Automated Sensors (Chicago)

The Chicago Park District maintains sensors in the water at beaches along Chicago's Lake Michigan lakefront. These sensors generally capture the indicated measurements hourly while the sensors are in operation during…

Beach Water Quality - Automated Sensors (Chicago) is published by Chicago Park District for Chicago, Illinois. It has an API (Socrata (SODA)); it updates live or continuous, last updated 2026-10-24. Reuse: check terms. Check status: verified.

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Last updated2026-10-24
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PublisherChicago Park District
Originalhttps://data.cityofchicago.org/Parks-Recreation/Beach-Water-Quality-Automated-Sensors/qmqz-2xku ↗
PlaceChicago, Illinois · city
ShelfWater
FormatsAPI (Socrata SODA), CSV
Update rateLive
Located byNot stated
LicenceSee Terms of Use
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Cite this source: Chicago Park District, “Beach Water Quality - Automated Sensors (Chicago)”, https://data.cityofchicago.org/Parks-Recreation/Beach-Water-Quality-Automated-Sensors/qmqz-2xku, last updated 2026-10-24. Listed by SOS.city at https://sos.city/source/1289 (verified).

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