Objectives of the WP4
Understanding the mechanisms for and challenges in activating citizens to perform wide-scale water
measurements, and in analysing and exploiting unverifiable data
Introducing and promoting the concept of Sensor-to-SoMe (social media); how in the future much of
self-published content could actually be generated by devices under the user’s control, not manually by users
themselves
Identifying potential services and applications for exploiting gathered data, for use by authorities, researchers
and citizens.
Description of work and role of partners
Studying the methodology used in the Baltic Sea Now Info project, in which citizens voluntarily conduct
subjective water quality measurements using a simple manual measurement device
Conducting a survey amongst appropriate target groups (e.g. residents living near streams or small rivers,
environmental activists) regarding willingness to install and maintain a small water quality monitoring device, and
analysing gathered information
Conducting a survey amongst active users of social media regarding whether sensor technology is seen as a
useful means of creating self-published content, or is manual creation perhaps more preferable, and analysing
gathered information
Gathering information on methods for validating and analysing data from uncertain sources and developing
robust methods for analysing and exploiting unverifiable water quality data
Studying and planning possible services and applications for exploiting gathered water quality data
DELIVERABLES
D4.2.Citizen Activity in Water Monitoring - How to Boost it?
