Smartphone Apps for Citizen Scientists

@mWaterCo www.mWater.co | twitter: @mWaterCo | facebook: mWaterCo

John Feighery, cofounder, PhD SEAS 2013 @rocketboy76

The Problem

•Valuable water quality data is locked in paper reports, spreadsheets, and proprietary software systems

•Governments, researchers, and citizen groups collect data but have no way to share it

•Data collection doesn’t lead to action

#MapWASH

#PaperIsWhereDataGoesToDie

The mWater solution

Map and monitor water from your phone

Mobile

Collaborative

Social

Add updates and share with the public or colleagues

Anyone can contribute to a growing global database of over 350,000 points

#MapWASH

Keys to sharing water quality data

• Make an app as easy to use as Facebook …and free!

• Separate geographical and longitudinal data (sites versus updates)

• Single cloud database for all sites • Standard forms and indicators linked to test

methods • Dashboards and maps for digital advocacy

#MapWASH

the platform

Secure cloud database and server

Mobile data collection apps

Survey design and data portal

Maps and dashboards

API

Custom apps and visualizations

Your app

A modern, cloud-based mobile monitoring platform designed with users in mind

#MapWASH

powered by mWaterRiverkeeper

http://www.riverkeeper.org/water-quality/hudson-river/

Facebook Free BasicsWorld Water Monitoring Challenge

http://www.monitorwater.org/ formerly internet.org

#MapWASH

Simple water quality test kits

This sidein water

3 seconds

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Visit app.mwater.co and follow the instructions

Branding

Coming soon:

www.mWater.co/kits

Simple single-use kits for critical drinking and surface water quality parameters

Thank you!

John Feighery, cofounder @rocketboy76

www.mWater.co | twitter: @mWaterCo | facebook: mWaterCo

#MapWASH