This £7million project is funded by Ofwat and is led by The Rivers Trust and United Utilities, with collaboration between 24+ UK partner organisations. It is creating a radical step-change in the contribution of Citizen Science & Community Monitoring to evidence-based Integrated Catchment Management.

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.

In its role as co-lead on the project, The Rivers Trust is bringing together all of those involved in CaSTCo to create a sustainable blueprint for more impactful working practices in the future. We are providing technical expertise to the eight demonstrator areas and wider partnership. Helping to shape CaSTCo’s framework and standards for a more collaborative and integrated approach to how we monitor, use data, and make decisions about our rivers. Our early work with CaSTCo partners also enabled the creation of The Big River Watch, one of our flagship campaigns to inspire people to reconnect with their local river and engage with citizen science.

Find out more about the CaSTCo partnerhsip: https://castco.org/