Utah Water Watch

Starting in 2012, UWW has trained 1,331 citizen scientists.

Some volunteer feedback:

"It (Utah Water Watch) is interesting and fun. We have had four neighborhood children join us this year."

"I enjoy learning new things, gaining new skills, and making a difference in my community."

Citizen Monitoring: Educating and Engaging Citizens through Monitoring Activities

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Utah Water Watch (UWW) is a water quality education and data collection program that seeks to increase awareness about the importance of water quality and promote stewardship of Utah’s aquatic resources.

Become a volunteer

Monitoring Information

Calendar and Events

Features

Upcoming Training Workshops

If you are interested in becoming a Utah Water Watch volunteer, fill out a volunteer registration form and attend a training workshop. We have two training workshops coming up:

Tuesday, June 4th 8AM-12PM (St. George)

Saturday, June 22nd 9AM-1PM (Kaysville)

To sign-up for a training, click the date you are interested in above.

Fall 2018 Newsletter

Read about the 2018 Utah Water Watch highlights and some upcoming projects for 2019 in our latest newsletter.

Fall 2018 Newsletter

UWW volunteers start the regular monitoring season again in April 2019.

Interested in participating? - fill out a registration file here.If you already participate, look for a questionnaire in early February about your monitoring interests and abilities for 2019. We will be posting a training schedule in late winter for key locations. Contact us if you have a group of 5 or more interested in a training. For questions, E-mail us - waterquality@usu.edu or call 435-797-2580.Photo of Price River (Photo Credit: Al Hughes, UWW volunteer)

CitSci Database

CitSci All our volunteer data is now entered into the new database location on CitSci.org. If you have any questions about data entry or accessing old data, please contact us at waterquality@usu.edu or 435-797-2580. Also see instructions here for joining, submitting, and viewing data.

We are excited about the additional features the new database provides for easy data entry, including photos, and some nice tools for visualizing the data.

Find out more.

Utah Water Week!

Results are in! A summary of UWW data during Utah Water Week is available by clicking the link below.

2018 Results and graphs

Register to become a Tier 1 volunteer today!

Our Tier 1 training is scheduled. Join our 100+ active volunteers to help monitor a site this year! To find an upcoming training, go to our Calendar or find a list of locations and dates here.