{"id":8618,"date":"2017-06-30T11:24:01","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T09:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kwrwater.nl\/?p=8618\/"},"modified":"2017-09-26T12:17:56","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T10:17:56","slug":"looking-for-citizen-scientists-for-amsterdam-water-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kwrwater.nl\/en\/actueel\/looking-for-citizen-scientists-for-amsterdam-water-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for citizen scientists for Amsterdam water research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post_intro\">\n<p>What does the water in the canal smell of today? Is the Sloterplas lake water really so clean because of the mussels and underwater plants? What actually lives in the ditch behind the house? And can you drink the Vondel Park pond\u2019s water? This summer Amsterdammers, both young and old, will have the opportunity to research their city\u2019s water themselves. Five hundred keen participants are needed for this Clean Water Experiment. The project\u2019s initiators are Deltares, Wageningen University, KWR, AMS Institute, Waternet, Regional Public Water Authority Amstel, Gooi en Vecht, and the artist Pav\u00e8l van Houten.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over the last few years the water in Amsterdam\u2019s canals, ditches, ponds and waterways has become a lot cleaner. And the city\u2019s residents, particularly in the summer, are taking full advantage of it. Hot weather, but also heavy rainfall, can temporarily make the water less clean \u2013 think, for instance, of the impact of algal growth or of overflowing sewers. From 5 July until 8 September, 500 Amsterdammers will become water experts and research the quality of the water in the city. They\u2019ll be using the Waterbox, which contains all the instruments they\u2019ll need to carry out the measurements; these might take place at the same site every week, or at constantly different sites throughout the city. The participants will in this way find out how clean the water in the canal, the Vondel Park or the ring canal is.<\/p>\n<h2>Why a Clean Water Experiment?<\/h2>\n<p>The experiment involves 500 citizen water experts working with water researchers from Deltares, Wageningen University, KWR, AMS Institute and Waternet. Since measurements will be taken simultaneously at multiple city sites and points in time, and because many water experts will be involved, it will be possible to gain much greater insight into the quality of the water and to do so very quickly. The quality of the city\u2019s water will thus be jointly and clearly mapped out. Citizen science is very valuable for science. Nowhere in Europe does the collection of data on nature by citizens reach the levels that it does in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<h2>More information and registration<\/h2>\n<p>To find out more or to participate in the experiment, please go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/hetschonewaterexperiment.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clean Water Experiment website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 4608px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kwrwater.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Waterproject_14_of_15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4608\" height=\"2592\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Waterbox the Clean Water Experiment.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does the water in the canal smell of today? Is the Sloterplas lake water really so clean because of the mussels and underwater plants? What actually lives in the ditch behind the house? 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