Citizens as water sensors: WeSenseIt

Published on 25 November 2013 by Geerke Dijkstra

The WeSenseIt project is developing a novel citizen-based observatories of water, which will allow citizens and communities to become active participants in information capturing, evaluation and water governance. HydroLogic is one of the partners in this project where six European countries are exploring new ways to capture information about the water cycle by actively involving citizens.

Citizens can use mobile apps and physical sensors that can connect to portable devices like smartphones and tablets.

The full article by Leonardo Alphonso of Unesco IHE: WeSenseIt – Unesco IHE magazine