Advancing ambient water quality monitoring and management through citizen science in low- and middle-income countries

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cg.contributor.affiliationSegura, Guatemala City, Guatemalaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Oxforden_US
cg.contributor.donorSwedish International Development Cooperation Agencyen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeOne Healthen_US
cg.creator.identifierJavier Mateo-Sagasta: 0000-0003-4526-0140en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad7305en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH053066en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1748-9326en_US
cg.issue10en_US
cg.journalEnvironmental Research Lettersen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 6 - Clean water and sanitationen_US
cg.volume19en_US
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Joseen_US
dc.contributor.authorMateo-Sagasta, Javieren_US
dc.contributor.authorNowicki, S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-31T23:55:17Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-08-31T23:55:17Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151944en_US
dc.titleAdvancing ambient water quality monitoring and management through citizen science in low- and middle-income countriesen_US
dcterms.abstractIn contexts where conventional environmental monitoring has historically been limited, citizen science (CS) for monitoring efforts can be an effective approach for decentralized data generation that also raises scientific literacy and environmental awareness. To that end, the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) is considering citizen science (CS) as a mechanism for producing ambient water quality data to track progress on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 6.3.2: "proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality". However, the alignment of SDG 6.3.2 monitoring requirements with citizen science capacity and results in low- or middle-income countries has not been assessed. Through a systematic literature review of 49 journal publications, complemented by 15 key informant interviews, this article examines the methods and outputs of CS programs in resource-constrained settings. We explore the potential of these programs to contribute to tracking SDG 6.3.2. Using the Citizen Science Impact Assessment Framework (CSIAF), we evaluate broader outcomes of CS programs across 5 domains: society, economy, environment, governance, and science and technology. Despite large variability in scope, CS programs were consistently found to generate useful data for national-level reporting on physicochemical and ecological parameters; however, data quality is a concern for CS measurement of microbiological parameters. The focus in literature to-date is predominantly on scientific data production which falls only within the 'science and technology' outcome domain. Societal, governance, economic, and environmental outcomes are infrequently evaluated. Of the studies reviewed in this article, 75% identified some form of pollution but only 22% of them reported follow-up actions such as reporting to authorities. While CS has important potential, work is still needed towards the 'formalization' of CS, particularly if intended for more vulnerable contexts.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2024-09-17en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCastro, Jose; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Nowicki, S. 2024. Advancing ambient water quality monitoring and management through citizen science in low- and middle-income countries. Environmental Research Letters, 19(10):103006. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad7305]en_US
dcterms.extent19(10):103006.en_US
dcterms.issued2024-10-01en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherIOP Publishingen_US
dcterms.subjectwater qualityen_US
dcterms.subjectmonitoringen_US
dcterms.subjectwater managementen_US
dcterms.subjectcitizen scienceen_US
dcterms.subjectlower-middle income countriesen_US
dcterms.subjectsustainable development goalsen_US
dcterms.subjectgoal 6 clean water and sanitationen_US
dcterms.subjectindicatorsen_US
dcterms.subjectpublic participationen_US
dcterms.subjectphysicochemical propertiesen_US
dcterms.subjectecological factorsen_US
dcterms.subjectsystematic reviewsen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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