FLOW Stream Monitoring: Nonprofit Water Quality Management
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2025-05
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This project focused on FLOW's stream quality monitoring program and public outreach events, addressing organizational methods and prioritizing FLOW's volunteer efforts. The goal was to develop a solution that integrates and prioritizes volunteer work to improve FLOW's volunteer management process and public outreach. This project required collaboration, research, and iterative development to achieve functional and meaningful final products.
The final products include: a list of prioritized tributaries and recommended sampling frequency based on various attributes; educational brochures, stickers, and social media for FLOW's MacroFest; an instructional video on SaltWatch for volunteers, and Google Forms and Google Sheets to collect , sort, and organize sampling and volunteer data. Products incorporate Google platforms, and visual materials to enhance FLOW's capacity to perform the organization's functions in stream quality management and outreach. Throughout the development process, we utilized Google Sheets, Google Forms, and Canva to ensure accuracy, feasibility, and user-friendliness. Our design considerations focused on usability and ability to be replicated for future sampling seasons, making the product both practical and innovative.
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Course Code: ENR 4900.01
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Community involvement, Tributary prioritization, Nonprofit, Stream quality monitoring