Streamwatch - Georges River Catchment

Streamwatch is a long running water monitoring program initiated by Sydney Water and the Sydney Catchment Authority. From it’s humble beginnings, Streamwatch started with a trial of 15 schools in 1990. From 1991 to 1994 Streamwatch became a project of the Special Environment Levy Trust. The Streamwatch program originally had a focus on curriculum implementation in secondary schools, but quickly extended beyond schools into a citizen science program. Similar programs were emerging in other states, the famous Round Table conference in Cobram, Victoria, led to cooperation in developing community water quality monitoring programs. This led to Waterwatch Australia being established as the umbrella coordinating group for developing community water monitoring. In 2000, Streamwatch was renamed as Waterwatch for all areas outside of Sydney Water’s area of operation. Since it all began, there have been over 1,100 Streamwatch groups who have monitored water quality at over 1,060 sites, and have contributed almost 31,000 data sets to the online database. These groups have been spread across greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Illawarra and Southern Highlands regions. In 2012, the Streamwatch program was transferred to the Australian Museum.Streamwatch是由悉尼水务（Sydney Water）与悉尼集水区管理局（Sydney Catchment Authority）联合发起的长期水质监测项目。其雏形始于1990年，最初仅在15所中学开展试点工作。1991年至1994年间，Streamwatch成为特殊环境征款信托基金（Special Environment Levy Trust）的旗下项目。该项目初期聚焦于中学阶段的课程落地实践，但很快便从校园范畴拓展为一项公民科学项目。 同期澳大利亚其他各州亦涌现出同类监测项目，维多利亚州科布拉姆（Cobram）举办的知名圆桌会议推动了跨区域社区水质监测项目的协作发展，最终促成澳大利亚水观察（Waterwatch Australia）正式成立，作为统筹社区水质监测工作的总括协调机构。 2000年，悉尼水务运营覆盖范围之外的所有地区的Streamwatch项目更名为Waterwatch。自项目启动以来，累计已有超过1100个Streamwatch监测小组在1060余个监测点位开展水质监测工作，并向在线数据库提交了近3.1万份数据集。这些监测小组的活动范围覆盖大悉尼、蓝山、伊拉瓦拉及南部高地地区。 2012年，Streamwatch项目正式移交至澳大利亚博物馆（Australian Museum）管理运营。