Community Science
Water Watchers - Community Monitoring - Distributed Data
What Is Community Science?
Community science (also called citizen science) refers to public participation and collaboration in scientific research, by people that are not specifically trained. The field of environmental science often faces limitations due to a shortage of trained professionals to gather and analyze the vast amounts of samples needed. Community science offers a solution, allowing massive data collection by everyday individuals, given the appropriate tools and technologies. Fluidion instrumentation is particularly adapted to Community Science, whereas our cloud-based data analytics interface provides easy access to the results for the scientists interpreting the data.
Science For All
Fluidion disruptive technologies enable powerful Community Science approaches to environmental and water quality monitoring, by providing a user-friendly but complete data-driven solution that integrates instrumentation, communication infrastructure and cloud-based data visualization. Fluidion technologies are being used by individuals, athletes, and associations worldwide to generate valuable scientific and water safety data.
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Related Case Studies
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2024 Olympics monitoring
Fluidion's ALERT technology redefined water safety monitoring at Paris 2024, delivering rapid, transparent, and precise bacterial water quality data. By providing real-time, independent water quality information as open data, Fluidion's approach demonstrated that technology and community science can provide state-of-the art monitoring solutions for global events. The rapid, transparent analysis of both planktonic and comprehensive E. coli counts enabled more accurate risk assessment and timely detection of pollution events, setting a new standard for independent environmental monitoring and influencing water governance policies.
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Isle of Wight Open Sea Swimming
The Swim the Wight and Wildheart Animal Sanctuary groups, with support from Fluidion and Southern Water, have conducted high-frequency water quality monitoring for over two years using ALERT LAB, ensuring safer open-water swimming and revealing gaps in traditional regulatory sampling. Their efforts, including advocacy in DEFRA consultations, have led to enhanced risk assessments, stakeholder engagement through data dashboards, and generated confidence in real-time monitoring technologies.
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Monitoring the Seine (Paris, FR)
To make the Seine River swimmable for the Paris 2024 Olympics, the City of Paris embarked on a €1.4B Swimming Plan and partnered with Fluidion for water quality management. Using ALERT Systems, Fluidion is successfully establishing a comprehensive dataset on the river's bacterial levels, and monitors water quality impacts of storm events, evaluates treatment initiatives, and provides scientific reports on factors affecting water quality. Their involvement supports Paris's goal of opening the Seine for public swimming by 2025.
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Lake Chelan monitoring (WA state)
Lake Chelan is a pristine lake in the mountains of WA state, but facing challenges and pressures from development and tourism. Using the ALERT System has allowed the Lake Chelan Research Institute and the Washington Sea Grant to assess the impact of installing boat sewage pump-out stations at the marinas, and demonstrate excellent water quality in the lake year-round.
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Online Monitoring of Drinking Water Nitrification in Los Angeles
The e-CHEM analyzer provides valuable insights into water quality. It was customized for a customer requiring early warning of nitrification in remote tanks and online monitoring of key parameters such as: nitrite concentrations, total chlorine, pH, tank height, and ambient temperature.
