Suite of tools help citizens take control of freshwater management

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When members of the Karkloof Conservancy decided to host a river walk last year to assess the health of the Karkloof River, they were confident that they had simple but reliable tools at their disposal to accomplish the task. As part of a WRC-funded project conducted by GroundTruth and the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA), a variety of water-resource monitoring tools had been developed for use by so-called ‘citizen scientists’ . These allow anyone with an interest in the management of water in their surroundings to improve their understanding of water-related issues and problems, which helps empower them to respond to such challenges.

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