Congregate currently supports the following organisations and projects:
The Wessex Water Guardians is a citizen science project focused on monitoring and protecting rivers and watercourses across the Wessex Water operating region in the south west of England, across Wiltshire, Dorset and Somerset.
The project is funded by Wessex Water and coordinated by local wildlife and river trusts. Volunteers regularly walk their assigned stretches of river recording wildlife, pollution and other observations. The results collected by volunteers can be viewed in the RiverHub Dashboard.
Water Guardians data in the RiverHub Dashboard
See the latest results: riverhub.co.uk
The Bristol Avon Rivers Trust (BART) has been running its RiverBlitz citizen science project since 2016. This project aims to encourage members of the public to engage with their local waterways, whilst collecting valuable data on river health in their catchment.
The results gathered by BART's volunteers are displayed publicly on the BART's website. This allows BART to better target their conservation efforts, increasing the awareness and visibility of challenges impacting rivers by making vital data accessible.
BART source data across their whole catchment
Volunteers register and enter data through the platform
See the latest results:
bristolavonriverstrust.org/riverblitz/
BART River Detectives involves volunteers from local communities conducting long-term water quality monitoring of key sections of the Bristol Avon catchment. The volunteers have an important role to play in filling the gaps in water quality monitoring, crucial at a time when Environment Agency monitoring is being reduced.
The project also aims to reconnect people with their local watercourse by empowering local communities with a sense of ownership. BART River Detectives supplements the data from the Bristol Avon RiverBlitz by collecting water quality data at regular intervals to help build an evidence base for the overall health of the catchment.
The River Detectives Data Explorer
Measurement data visualised in charts
See the latest results:
bristolavonriverstrust.org/river-detectives/
Flood Watch is part of BART's River Detectives citizen science initiative. Every month volunteers check for signs of flooding at sites in the Bristol Avon catchment. As well as recording at their main site, Congregate allows volunteers to report one-off observations in the surrounding area too.
The scheme is currently in its pilot phase with test sites selected around the Midsomer and Radstock areas.
Sites can be visualised on the Data Explorer map
Volunteers can make further observations around their main site
See the latest results:
bristolavonriverstrust.org/river-detectives/flood-watch/
The Congregate Portal has been developed by Riskaware. If you are interested in using the platform for your projects, please get in touch:
Website:
www.riskaware.co.uk
Email:
info@riskaware.co.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 117 929 1058