WaterBlitz 2021: Results coming soon!
Thames, UK | Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Be a citizen scientist. Test water quality near you.
What is a WaterBlitz?
A WaterBlitz is a FreshWater Watch activity for the whole community. Usually hosted over one weekend, members of the public can sign up to receive a free water testing kit and become citizen scientists by testing a water body local to them. The data collected by hundreds of people over this same time period gives us an accurate and comparable snapshot of water health within a region. Learn more with our WaterBlitz leaflet.
In the UK, events are held across the Thames and Bristol Avon catchment areas. The WaterBlitz also runs in Ireland, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Italy and Sweden.
For information about how to organise your own WaterBlitz, contact us.
Recent events
A big thank you to everyone who took part in our Autumn events. With your help, FreshWater Watch has reached an amazing milestone of 30,000 global datasets! We are busy analysing your data so please check back to read a full report in the coming weeks.
Thames WaterBlitz
24-27 September 2021
Results coming soon.
Please click below to express your interest in future events.
Eindhoven WaterBlitz
24-27 september 2021
Hartelijk dank aan iedereen die heeft deelgenomen aan dit evenement! We zullen binnenkort de resultaten publiceren op onze website.
Making data count
We believe that we cannot truly understand what is going on in our rivers without collecting evidence to demonstrate how healthy, or unhealthy, they really are. We use data collected by you during a WaterBlitz to identify clean waters, to pinpoint pollution hotspots, and to help inform where, who, when and how remedial actions should be taken.
Past events
Bristol Avon WaterBlitz
9-12 July 2021
Our friends at the Bristol Avon Rivers Trust (BART) have organised WaterBlitz events since 2016. This year, the team were on hand to give sampling demonstrations on the River Biss and Bristol Frome!
Paris WaterBlitz
4-7 June 2021
The River Seine and many of Paris' other waterbodies have been impacted by urban activities and the loss of green buffer areas. Citizen science data can help to monitor sites across the city. This event was held in partnership with École des Ponts ParisTech.
Pan-European WaterBlitz
7-10 May 2021
Alongside our 11th Thames WaterBlitz, we were joined by citizens from Ireland and Luxembourg. In total, 1,214 volunteers took part, recording 1,568 measurements across all three locations!
Thames WaterBlitz
25-28 September 2020
An amazing 879 volunteers took part in our largest ever Thames Valley event! Click below to read the full WaterBlitz report and view an interactive data map.
Pan-European WaterBlitz
20-23 September 2019
Our first ever Pan-European WaterBlitz saw events held simultaneously in London, Dublin, Paris and Luxembourg. Over 1,100 volunteers took part, uploading nearly 1,000 water quality measurements!
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