Stroud Water Research Center
Open source technology is helping federal agencies collect high-quality environmental data without the hassle and high costs of proprietary options.
Carol Armstrong shares how knowledge she gained from collecting high-quality data in streams empowered her as a clean-water advocate in her community.
She found a purpose making water data accessible. Now she’s pursuing graduate research in the watershed where she empowered community scientists.
For National Water Quality Month and World Water Monitoring Day, we’re putting EnviroDIY to the test!
Real-time chlorophyll sensors can be used to determine the origins of algae in rivers and streams.
Not all algae are harmful but too much can be deadly. Why? Because when they die, the blooms feed bacteria that rob the water of oxygen.
The project aims to document the current ecological status and health of the river and seeks to engage and educate a diverse set of river users and residents.
Participants will be exposed to all aspects of Stroud Water Research Center’s EnviroDIY project, including Mayfly Data Logger programming, writing Arduino code for off-the-shelf commercial sensors, and using a free data portal (Monitor My Watershed®) for real-time data upload and visualization.
Fishing guides in Michigan are using real-time data from an EnviroDIY monitoring station to remotely make appropriate decisions on where and when to fish.
Not everyone has the opportunity to become a professional scientist, but a great scientist can come from anywhere. Anyone can be a part of science.