The 2022 Water Blitz will ask citizen scientists countrywide to sample and test the water quality in their local river, lake, pond or stream for nitrates and phosphates using kits supplied to them when they register for the event.

WaterBlitz event are open to organisations around the country like angling groups that have an interest in checking and maintaining the water quality of their local river or stream. The aim is to collect as much data as possible through the FreshWater Watch app to determine the status of water bodies nationwide, celebrating the cleanest water bodies and identifying pollution hotspots.

Many angling groups took part in previous successful Blitzes in 2019 and 2021 which yielded interesting results and FreshWater Watch are hoping to continue this work and monitor many more rivers this year. See details of upcoming WaterBlitzs below…


Deel WaterBlitz

7 October – 10 October 2022

Do you live near the River Deel in Ireland?

The Deel WaterBlitz event will be taking place this autumn across County Cork and County Limerick over a four day period from Friday 7 October to Monday 10 October.

People living locally can sign up to receive a free water quality testing kit and upload their data to a shared online map. The aim of the event is to make the invisible, visible through people powered citizen science and find out what is happening to the water quality of the River Deel.

Registrations are now open below! They will close on 28 September.

Register here: https://www.freshwaterwatch.org/pages/events


Irish WaterBlitz 2022

7 October – 10 October 2022

Are you part of a river or community group across Ireland and interested in checking the quality of your local waterbody?

The Irish WaterBlitz 2022 event will be taking place across the entire country over a four day period from Friday 7 October to Monday 10 October.

Interested groups can sign up to receive free water quality testing kits to distribute to members of their group who can test the waterbody or catchment area that they champion. The data collected will be uploaded to a shared online map available to all participants where the power of citizen science will help discover how good our freshwater quality is across the country.

Registrations are now open below! They will close on 2 October.

Register here: https://www.freshwaterwatch.org/pages/events

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