How can YOU get involved in citizen science?

Join the PlasticBlitz next month! Decide between a bank or boat based survey, pick out a location, and collect all the litter in the selected area - counting and recording each item.

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How can YOU get involved in Citizen Science for freshwater?

Join the Great UK WaterBlitz this September - register your interest now and you'll recieve a testing kit in the mail ahead of the next event.

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How can YOU get involved in citizen science?

Join the Big River Watch from April 25th to May 1st 2025 - just download the free Big River Watch app, pick a riverside location, and take 15 minutes to record what you see in the app!

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Litter, road and agricultural runoff, and sewage pollute our rivers and freshwater bodies. Citizen science supports water quality monitoring efforts and the process of identifying outfalls that discharge untreated waste water into rivers.

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Citizen science is any research that the general public participates in - from data collection, to interpretation, to co-creating research from the outset. Citizen participation can help broaden the scope of research undertaken on the key issues that affect us all

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Only 16% of assessed freshwater in England has a good ecological status - but what can we do about it? Citizen science initiatives around the country are working to bridge the gap between official data and what we see in the real world. #citizenscience #waterquality #pollution