CaSTCo is demonstrating how collaborative approaches to catchment monitoring and data integration can drive efficiencies and effectiveness in decision making in the water sector. CaSTCo is testing approaches for integrating citizen science with other more technological types of monitoring to build a fuller, robust picture of catchment health that can drive decision making at multiple scales. Through CaSTCo we aim to showcase how this approach can streamline monitoring activity, reduce the costs of monitoring, create a more informed and engaged customer base, and generate more useful information to drive decision making that results in the best outcomes for the environment, communities and customers.

Water company partners in CaSTCo are testing approaches through our demonstrator catchments and are working to implement CaSTCo approaches more widely across initiatives and planning within their organisations. We will be consolidating learnings from water company partners soon for publication on this website and inform thinking for the future.