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About CaSTCo<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

This project, funded by The Ofwat Innovation Fund, is underpinned by a cross-sector partnership that includes water companies, freshwater and environmental scientists, academic bodies, eNGOs, and national regulators. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Catchment Systems Thinking Cooperative \u2013 CaSTCo \u2013 has been created to build the UK\u2019s first national framework for monitoring. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Through innovative prototyping and collaboration, CaSTCo aims to test and build a national framework that better supports communities, decision-makers, scientists, and industry to be able to use citizen science data meaningfully. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through a rigorous peer review process of protocols and approaches, CaSTCo is developing a robust, standardised approach to the capture and integration of citizen science monitoring information to support decision-making.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CaSTCo partners are working to develop nationally consistent monitoring approaches, optimising data quality, ease of use, safety and cost-effectiveness, enabling all of us to contribute to healthier rivers and more resilient catchments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CaSTCo principles<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Projects #PoweredByCaSTCo<\/strong> are working toward best practices in applying these principles.
We aim to close the gap between people, data, and decisions that affect rivers.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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1. Collaborative<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n