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."

UPCOMING EVENTS

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.

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Become A Utah Water Watch Volunteer

Utah Water Watch (UWW) is a citizen water quality monitoring program. Our goal is to empower citizens to learn and share knowledge about their local watersheds and practice good stewardship. Data collected is shared in a public database and with local water managers.
Volunteer sampling water

Utah Water Watch is a free program and is open to volunteers of all ages.

Volunteering is a fun way to learn more about water quality and help protect lakes and streams in Utah.

There are 3 steps you need to take in order to become a volunteer:

1.Fill out the volunteer registration form.

2. Attend a workshop and become certified (click the green button above to register for this specific training).

3. Work with the coordinator to choose a site to monitor.

For more information please visit this website.

Pack it Out Utah!

Check out the results of Utah's first STATEWIDE trails and waterways cleanup!
🔹 140 volunteer submissions
🔹 352 event sign ups
🔹 870+ lbs. of trash collected
🔹 5000+ items collected
🔹 7 out of 10 major Utah watersheds with less trash
🔹 50+ unique sites statewide
🔹 8 Utah counties with volunteers

We had great participation for the first try at a statewide effort! Thank you to everyone who joined. We truly appreciate your great work. Your efforts help improve water quality and take care of our beautiful state. We need caring Utahns like all of you to help make a difference.

Stay tuned for the second statewide cleanup in 2021!

Visit http://bit.ly/PackItOutUtah2020 for more information about the event!

Through Watershed Eyes Podcast

Love podcasts? Love learning about Watersheds? Utah State's Instead podcast features one of our team members on an episode all about Watersheds! This podcast provides a lot of good information about watersheds, water quality, HABs, and more.

To listen, use the following link and scroll to

Episode 7 -"Through Watershed Eyes, with Dr. Nancy Mesner."

https://research.usu.edu/instead

Gotta Go Utah!

GottaGoUtah.org was created to give tips on how to properly dispose of your waste when you gotta go in the outdoors. Help keep our beautiful Utah trails and landscapes stay clean and safe by doing your part.

Visit our page to learn when you need to dig a cat hole, pack out your waste or find a dump station on your next trip.

Follow on Facebook or Instagram to stay updated!

Don't Share Utah

DontShare.Utah.Gov was created to give water quality tips and tricks to keep your small farms healthy and your neighbors happy.

Be a good neighbor and "Don't Share" pollution, weeds and disease!

Follow on Facebook or Instagram to stay updated!

Click on the picture to find out how you can be a good neighbor and avoid contaminating Utah's water.

CitSci Database

Volunteer data is entered into 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.