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Earthwatch Freshwater Watch
PROJECT DESCRIPTION

FreshWater Watch (FWW) enables communities to monitor, protect and restore their local water resources. FWW empowers communities to become citizen scientists by providing the tools needed to identify harmful pollutants, collect evidence and track this data over time. Your funding can support a new community group or you can fund (match funding options available) our Great UK WaterBlitz. The Great UK WaterBlitz is a biannual campaign calling on everyone test their local rivers.

Beneficiaries

  • The General Public / Mankind

    Creating connections between communities and their local freshwater body by acting as stewards for the natural environment, measuring and monitoring water quality

  • Environment

    By testing our local rivers, our FreshWater Watch programme provides an overview of the state of our waterbodies.

  • Number of beneficiaries - 10

    We want to engage 100,000 people by 2030

Geographic reach

  • England: Nationwide
  • Wales: Nationwide
  • Scotland: Nationwide
  • Northern Ireland: Nationwide
BENEFICIARIES REACHED ANNUALLY

10

This will be met via new community groups and the WaterBlitz

SIZE OF PROJECT PER ANNUM

£300,000.00

TIMELINE

Oct 2025 Onwards

Project Outcome Targets

Enable communities to collect evidence of water pollution and learn new green skills

Engage communities to build a greater understanding of their local freshwater

Empower community groups to take action to improve the health of a chosen waterbody

Project Activities

  • Taking regular measurements of waterbodies/ monitoring water quality through regular testing

  • Recording data on our FWW app and online platform

  • Training citizen scientists with our video resources

  • Analysing global trends with our scientists

Resources Needed For The Project

Resource Description Quantity needed When needed How this donation supports the project (Enabling Actions or KPIs)
MONEY Funding will allow us to either fund a new community group or match-fund our Great UK WaterBlitz. Great UK WaterBlitz: £50,000 Community Group: £4,000 Flexible This will enable us to engage local communities and teach people about the importance of citizen science.
Project Impact and Partners
IMPACT REPORTING

Bi-annually

March 2021

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
UN SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation UN SDG 13: Climate Action UN SDG 14: Life Below Water
How we monitor the quality and results of our work

We use surveys and participant feedback. For our Great UK Waterblitz we also publish a report.

WHO IS ALREADY FUNDING THE PROJECT?

Trusts and Foundations and Corporates

Currently seeking funding from a variety of trusts and foundations and corporates.
OTHER PARTNERS

Supporters of the Great UK WaterBlitz

We have wonderful supporters such as the National Trust, Surfers Against Sewage, The Rivers Trust.