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Collect, share, and explore community water science data

We’re a non-profit on a mission to make water science accessible! Our free, open-access platform, testing equipment, and training resources help communities collect, organize, and share water quality data.

How it works

Map showing community water quality sites

Browse all of the data!

Explore community-collected water quality data on our public map. Search by location, dataset, or organization, then view sites and trends or download what you need.

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Set up your own dataset

You can easily add your organization and dataset, customize your form fields using Water Rangers’ equipment plus your own, and invite your volunteer monitors to contribute. It's free for communities to use.

We've prepared a walkthrough on YouTube to understand the basics.

Read more about setting up a dataset

Sharing water quality data with visualizations, downloads, API, and local standards

Built for sharing

We make your water quality data easy to understand with simple visualizations. Want to do more? We follow open data standards so your work can be compared, understood, and acted on. You can download datasets or connect to our open API to pull data into your own projects.

Learn about sharing data

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New here? Supported parameters and equipment is a key resource to check what tests and tools are supported before you get started.

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