Co-ordination, water quality
monitoring training, community and school
education, community generated water quality
data and action planning.
Co-ordination
Planning, facilitation,
communication, monitoring, quality control,
data management and evaluation of projects.
Training in water quality
monitoring
Practical training workshops
for individuals, schools and community groups
in techniques of physical, chemical and
biological monitoring.
Community and school
education
A range of education
programmes and activities to enhance awareness
and understanding of the need for healthy
waterways, e.g. catchment tours and surveys,
and development of educational resources for
schools.
Action planning
Designing water quality
monitoring plans with the community and
schools appropriate to their resources and the
water issues being investigated.
Pollution incident reporting protocols.
On-ground activities such as litter
management, weed removal, drain stencilling
and stream side revegetation.
Water quality data
Quality controlled data
collected by trained community groups that
answers key questions, e.g. effectiveness of
on-ground works in rivers.
Data interpretation and data management using
the Waterwatch database.
Bridging the gap between community, science
and government.
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