Early Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Volunteer Water Monitoring Programs in the United States and Canada

This survey was carried out in follow up to an April 2020 webinar to assess impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic had on volunteer water monitoring programs by early-summer 2020. The study sought to understand the extent to which best practices identified through the webinar had been implemented and to assess other types of outcomes and impacts that had resulted for volunteer water monitoring programs as a result of the pandemic.

本调研作为2020年4月一场网络研讨会的后续工作开展，旨在评估截至2020年夏初，新冠（COVID-19）大流行病对志愿者水质监测项目造成的影响。本研究旨在明确通过该研讨会确立的最佳实践的落地程度，并评估疫情给志愿者水质监测项目带来的其他各类成果与影响。