Implementation Support
Leveraging the power of users to understand and develop solutions to complex issues, we developed a framework and guidelines for implementing crowdsourcing projects. These methods benefit both the community and resource agency/organizations:
Community:
Easy to use technologies that provide immediate response
Knowledge about the quality of the water they use
Satisfaction from contributing to the general understanding of water quality conditions
Resource Agencies/Organizations:
More data points with less input error
Less expensive: about 1/10th the cost of traditional lab methods
Real-time data for rapid response to water quality issues
Data for evaluating policy, research, and management
Educational vehicle for informing community members
Joint benefit between the community and resource agency/organization, improved communications due to better informed users with increased trust in the resource agency/organization.