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Digital innovation in citizen science to enhance water quality monitoring in developing countries
Summary
This study examines how digital innovation and citizen science can be combined to enhance water quality monitoring in developing countries, particularly in relation to Sustainable Development Goal 6.3.2. The authors investigate technology-enabled participatory monitoring frameworks as cost-effective strategies for improving freshwater system data collection in resource-limited settings.
Freshwater systems are disproportionately adversely affected by the ongoing, global environmental crisis. The effective and efficient water resource conservation and management necessary to mitigate the crisis requires monitoring data, especially on water quality. This is recognized by Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, particularly indicator 6.3.2., which requires all UN member states to measure and […]
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