Good news! The development of the platform is going according to plan. This means we will be ready to launch the platform in June. From then on, everyone is welcome to share their project(s) and experiences on the Citizens4Water website, and of course browse other projects for inspiration.

Until then, you can still find all the information on the project through our current website www.citizens4water.org.

As you could already see at the top of this newsletter, we now have a logo! The logo represents taking care of water by the community, the core of this project. We would like to thank the graphic designers of Buro Knal for their beautiful work.

From 3 to 5 June, the CS4Water conference will takes plac in Delft, the Netherlands. Karen from Scivil will be attending this conference and presenting the Citizens4Water project with a poster. Registrations for the conference are still open. Check out more information and the full programme on the link below. Please come say hi, looking forward to connecting!

The WaterWatch project, facilitated by the Merri Creek Management Committee, engages citizens in working together to measure water quality in the area of Melbourne (Australia). We spoke to Siqing Yu, PhD student and one of the volunteers on this project.

Driven by its commitment to exploring forms of citizen participation in tackling water scarcity, Web2Learn created data visualisations that showcase results of its international landscape analysis on existing civic engagement practices that address water scarcity. The visualisations hightlight the key dimensions of citizen involvement in these actions. For example, by visualising levels of participation, cooperation models and types of technology. Through this study, Web2Learn aims to enrich understanding of patterns, correlations, and emphasise emerging new directions in civic engagement for water scarcity. The visualisations are part of the Erasmus+ project Acting4Water.

A research paper has been published on FreshWater Watch: Investigating the Health of Freshwater Ecosystems, from the Bottom Up. The study describes the potential for scaling citizen science-based monitoring to contribute to a global assessment of water quality. The paper has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Citizen Science: Theory & Practice.

This newsletter is an open platform for all in the citizen science & water community.

Are you working on a project and do you have news to share? Would you like to write a guest blog? Or do you have any exciting events coming up? Let us know through the form linked below, and your project might be featured in our next newsletter!

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has opened a call for stories to bring data and knowledge on Europe's Environment to life. You can share your story by simply writing a paragraph. This call is only open for European projects.

Do you work in a water-related citizen science project? The OTTERS project wants to hear from you. They are running a survey to gather experiences and resources in order to better understand what is already out there. It takes under 5 minutes to complete the survey.

How can the public be involved in collecting data related to water quantity and quality? And what is the value and quality of this data for science? Find out in this online session, organised by Citizen Science Zurich.

The conference will bring current Citizen Science research and initiatives to light and highlight the OTTERS project’s contribution to the field over the past three years.

In June, the inaugural Citizen Science 4 Water conference will take place in Delft, the Netherlands. The conference will focus on the crucial role citizen science plays in water resource monitoring, management and governance as well as community-led actions.

If you are passionate about the ocean, science, innovation, or the environment, you want to work on a concrete project, collaborate with experts from around the world, and present your ideas at a UN conference. Don’t miss the Hackathon, organised alongside and within the 3rd UN World Ocean Conference (UNOC). The hackathon will be conducted in both English and French.