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Announcing changes to the Water Reporter product and program
The Water Reporter mobile apps for Android and iOS will be removed from the app stores on December 31, 2023. In addition, we plan to release major changes to the web UI by March 31, 2024. Please visit the Water Reporter website to read the full announcement and watch a webinar recording walking you through the latest system updates, product plans, and key timelines.
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Water Reporter users discover, track, and examine pollution issues that threaten ecosystem and human health via user-initiated monitoring programs.
Water quality impacts our daily life and the health of our natural world. Addressing pollution threats can feel daunting: pollution sources often elude even the best scientists, and solutions take time — and resources — to make an impact. Despite all of the obstacles of combating threats to our watersheds, the environmental community is up to the challenge!
With Water Reporter we’ve created a platform where everyone participating in environmental monitoring can come together to collect geolocated data to shed light on watershed quality issues and publish the results as data-driven solutions to pollution problems.
Water Reporter is built and maintained by The Commons, a 501c(3) organization creating meaningful software solutions to support the environmental sector.
Key features:
• Former web-only tools now available on compatible Android mobile devices.
• Multiple options to collect and manage your water quality monitoring data.
• Build mobile-ready, location-aware data collection forms.
• Collect station-specific data via digital forms.
• Build data sources with your own protocols.
• Define your own scores and thresholds to indicate status and health for monitoring stations or parameters.
• Build portable maps to embed in websites and share through your media channels.
• Integrate data from the national network of USGS stream gauges.
• Maintain ownership of your data with downloadable data sources.