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WATER DATA COLLABORATIVE:Harnessing the Power of Citizen Science

Water Data Collaborative Webinar SeriesThe Water Data Collaborative is an affiliation of academic, governmental and non-profit institutions dedicated to harnessing the power of citizen-based water quality monitoring data. The Collaborative has two main goals:

• Increase the adoption of best practices and technologies among water data collectors to increase contributions of water data to state regulatory programs and open-data repositories through the Internet of Water.

• Develop and implement technology that enables shared water data to become actionable information for water restoration and protection.

The Collaborative was formed with funding from Pisces Foundation in late 2017.

Since then, we have been working to develop a systematic process and set of resources that citizen monitors can use to more effectively collect, manage, and share their data in open data repositories so the data can be used to inform decisions and take action.

We invite you to join the following webinar series that will highlight some of the work we have been doing for your information as well as your feedback.

This figure shows the locations of organizations, governments, and tribes that work to protect water resources. Citizen-led non-governmental organizations make up the vast majority of these organizations. Most of these organizations participate in water quality monitoring of some kind.

Building a Better Tomorrow for Community Water Science: Introducing the Work of the Water Data Collaborative and the Internet of WaterTuesday April 16th 1-2PM EST

Presenter: Adam Griggs, River Network

Summary of Webinar: This webinar will introduce viewers to the work of the Water Data Collaborative and the Internet of Water. These two analogous efforts are working to build better infrastructure to make water data more documented, discoverable, and useful. Learn about the tools and resources we are creating to help turn your data into useful information that guides water protection across the country.

Registration Link: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8116440202540118797

The Water Data Collaborative: Linking citizens, technology and action to protect water resources.

John Dawes | Chesapeake Commonsdawes@chesapeakecommons.org

Jeff Allenby | Conservation Innovation Centerjallenby@chesapeakeconservancy.org

Samantha Briggs | Izaak Walton Leaguesbriggs@iwla.org

Adam Griggs | River Networkagriggs@rivernetwork.org

Barb Horn | River Watch of Coloradobarb.horn@state.co.us

Katherine Luscher |Waterkeeper Alliancekluscher@waterkeeper.org

Jerad Bales | CUAHSIjdbales@cuahsi.org

Peter Colohan | Internet of Waterpeter.colohan@duke.edu

WATER DATA COLLABORATIVE:Harnessing the Power of Citizen Science

WATER DATA COLLABORATIVE:Harnessing the Power of Citizen Science

Monitoring Design Elements that Produce Measurable Results: How are you doing?Thursday, April 18th, 1-2:30 EST

Presenters: Barb Horn, River Watch of Colorado and Sam Briggs, Izaak Walton League of America

Summary of Webinar: This webinar will guide you through a process, which evaluates an existing monitoring program or plans to create a program against key elements that produce measurable results. Regardless of program age, goals or data objectives, participants will learn the value of planning, how they are doing and what they need to do in addition to resources available to assist.

Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7094477129742321153

Building a Bridge from Monitoring to Action: How to turn observations into actionable projects in your watershed. Tuesday, April 23rd from 2pm-3pm EST.

Presenters: Jeff Allenby and Emily Wiggans, Chesapeake Conservancy

Summary of Webinar: This webinar will walk participants through how you can turn your data into informed, actionable steps to solve challenges in your watershed by combining water quality data with geospatial analysis. We will guide partici-pants through an example analysis demonstration and show how this type of work can help address a variety of challenges monitoring programs face across the nation.

Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4376083064289754881

Conquering Your Data Management Monster: Best-practices and tools for every skill-level and every budget.Tuesday April 30th, 1- 2:30pm EST

Presenters: Adam Griggs, River Network and John Dawes, Chesapeake Commons

Summary of Webinar: Data management doesn’t have to be complicated and scary. This webinar will walk participants through best practices, key elements, and helpful tools that will ensure data is structured, machine-readable, and interop-erable for many different use cases. This webinar is targeted at a wide audience from novices to data experts working to ensure their data enterprise can immediately be leveraged for creating actionable information.

Registration LInk: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6928210081031096076

For more information, contact:

Arleen.ODonnell@erg.com | 781-674-7220