scholarly journals An Open-source Dual-beam Spectrophotometer for Citizen-science-based Water Quality Monitoring

HardwareX ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. e00241
Author(s):  
Jiansheng Feng ◽  
Banafsheh Khakipoor ◽  
Jacob May ◽  
Melissa Mulford ◽  
Joshua Davis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Dual Beam

scholarly journals CWDAT—An Open-Source Tool for the Visualization and Analysis of Community-Generated Water Quality Data

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Annie Gray ◽  
Colin Robertson ◽  
Rob Feick
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Community Based

Citizen science initiatives span a wide range of topics, designs, and research needs. Despite this heterogeneity, there are several common barriers to the uptake and sustainability of citizen science projects and the information they generate. One key barrier often cited in the citizen science literature is data quality. Open-source tools for the analysis, visualization, and reporting of citizen science data hold promise for addressing the challenge of data quality, while providing other benefits such as technical capacity-building, increased user engagement, and reinforcing data sovereignty. We developed an operational citizen science tool called the Community Water Data Analysis Tool (CWDAT)—a R/Shiny-based web application designed for community-based water quality monitoring. Surveys and facilitated user-engagement were conducted among stakeholders during the development of CWDAT. Targeted recruitment was used to gather feedback on the initial CWDAT prototype’s interface, features, and potential to support capacity building in the context of community-based water quality monitoring. Fourteen of thirty-two invited individuals (response rate 44%) contributed feedback via a survey or through facilitated interaction with CWDAT, with eight individuals interacting directly with CWDAT. Overall, CWDAT was received favourably. Participants requested updates and modifications such as water quality thresholds and indices that reflected well-known barriers to citizen science initiatives related to data quality assurance and the generation of actionable information. Our findings support calls to engage end-users directly in citizen science tool design and highlight how design can contribute to users’ understanding of data quality. Enhanced citizen participation in water resource stewardship facilitated by tools such as CWDAT may provide greater community engagement and acceptance of water resource management and policy-making.

scholarly journals CITIZEN SCIENCE FOR WATER QUALITY MONITORING APPLYING FOSS

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-4/W14 ◽  
pp. 119-126
Author(s):  
S. Jovanovic ◽  
D. Carrion ◽  
M. A. Brovelli
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Initial Phase ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Smartphone Applications ◽  
Efficient Tool ◽  
State Of Art

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Citizen science is an efficient tool for data collection for scientific projects. In the framework of SIMILE Interreg Italy-Switzerland project, the citizen’s contribution to monitor the quality of lakes water has been envisaged. In the initial phase of this research, state of art of citizen science and water quality monitoring was investigated. The analysis of past and current projects, governed by different organizations and communities, pointed out a variety of tasks that can be accomplished by citizens. In these studies, authors stressed suitability of smartphones for the fulfilment of various assignments given to citizens. Due to that, in this research, different smartphone applications for water quality monitoring were tested and analyzed. Despite the fact that many applications for water quality monitoring are freely available, none of them is open source. Hence, this paper is proposing the design of a new application, for the purposes of SIMILE project, that will be free and open source, addressing not just users but also developers giving them a possibility for customization and improvement.</p>

scholarly journals Success factors for citizen science projects in water quality monitoring

2020 ◽  
Vol 728 ◽  
pp. 137843
Author(s):  
Anna San Llorente Capdevila ◽  
Ainur Kokimova ◽  
Saunak Sinha Ray ◽  
Tamara Avellán ◽  
Jiwon Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Science Projects

Water quality monitoring in the Xochimilco peri-urban wetland: experiences engaging in citizen science

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 342-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Pérez-Belmont ◽  
Jannice Alvarado ◽  
Nallely Vázquez-Salvador ◽  
Erika Rodríguez ◽  
Elsa Valiente ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Urban Wetland

scholarly journals Citizen science-based water quality monitoring: Constructing a large database to characterize the impacts of combined sewer overflow in New York City

2017 ◽  
Vol 580 ◽  
pp. 168-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Farnham ◽  
Rebecca A. Gibson ◽  
Diana Y. Hsueh ◽  
Wade R. McGillis ◽  
Patricia J. Culligan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
York City ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Combined Sewer Overflow ◽  
Large Database ◽  
Combined Sewer

An open-source watertight unmanned aerial vehicle for water quality monitoring

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo Rodrigues ◽  
Francisco Marques ◽  
Eduardo Pinto ◽  
Ricardo Pombeiro ◽  
Andre Lourenco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Aerial Vehicle
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