Citizen scientists to monitor English rivers in £7m scheme
by Sandra Laville Environment correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#63KTH)
Scheme gets under way as data suggests Environment Agency's own monitoring leaves rivers unprotected
Citizen scientists are being trained as the best hope to protect rivers from pollution and over-abstraction as data suggests the Environment Agency's new monitoring programme leaves waterways unprotected.
A 7m programme to set up citizen science testing in 10 river catchments across England is under way in an attempt to standardise the way volunteers carry out the monitoring.
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