Supplementary material from "Citizen science in Lebanon—a case study for groundwater quality monitoring"
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Over the past decade, several citizen science projects have been launched, with a smaller subset addressing citizen scientists' involvement in water quality monitoring. Most of these projects were conducted in developed countries and focused on qualitative assessment and measurements of a limited number of water quality parameters. Moreover, data generated by citizen scientists were mainly for monitoring purposes and rarely resulted in remedial measures. In this work, a collaborative citizen science approach involving local citizens and university researchers was applied to assess the groundwater quality in a Lebanese village. Using a mobile laboratory, winter and summer sampling campaigns were conducted and 12 physical, chemical and biological water quality parameters were tested. Results indicated that the data generated by the citizen scientists were comparable with those generated by university researchers for the majority of physical and chemical water quality parameters. However, the bacteriological test results showed a marked difference and may be attributed to the complexity of the testing procedure and quality of testing material. The collaborative and participatory approach resulted in building local capacity and knowledge and in the formation of a locally elected water committee which will be responsible for continuous monitoring of the groundwater resources.
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Baalbaki, Rima; Ahmad, Serine Haidar; Kays, Wassim; Talhouk, Salma N.; Saliba, Najat A.; Al-Hindi, Mahmoud (2019). Supplementary material from "Citizen science in Lebanon—a case study for groundwater quality monitoring". The Royal Society. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4398749.v2
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AUTHORS (6)
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Rima Baalbaki
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Serine Haidar Ahmad
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Wassim Kays
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Salma N. Talhouk
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Najat A. Saliba
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Mahmoud Al-Hindi