CrowdWater Citizen Science
University of Zurich citizen science platform for crowdsourced hydrological observations: river stage, soil moisture, temporary streams, and plastic pollution: with an open global database and app.
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At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global (volunteer network)
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research
What's inside
- Citizen Science
- River Levels
- Soil Moisture
- Plastic Pollution
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Hotspots and trends
Find where contamination is high and whether it is getting worse.
Because it has: Plastic Pollution
- 02
Compliance checks
Compare samples against drinking water and discharge standards.
- 03
Irrigation scheduling
Decide when and how much to irrigate.
Because it has: Soil Moisture
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Risk maps
Predict contamination where no samples exist, from geology, land use and climate.
- 02
Anomaly alerts
Catch sudden spikes in sensor or lab data automatically.
- 03
Field-scale ET
Estimate crop water use per field by combining satellite and weather with ML.
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