Citizen science in Lebanon-a case study for groundwater quality monitoring.

ABSTRACT: Over the past decade, several citizen science projects have been launched, with a smaller subset addressing citizen scientists' involvement in water quality monitoring. Most of these projects were conducted in developed countries and focused on qualitative assessment and measurements of a limited number of water quality parameters. Moreover, data generated by citizen scientists were mainly for monitoring purposes and rarely resulted in remedial measures. In this work, a collaborative citizen science approach involving local citizens and university researchers was applied to assess the groundwater quality in a Lebanese village. Using a mobile laboratory, winter and summer sampling campaigns were conducted and 12 physical, chemical and biological water quality parameters were tested. Results

SUBMITTER: Baalbaki R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6408373 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature