- Title
- Using Citizen Science to Protect Natural Untreated Drinking Water Sources: Natural Springs in Rural Catchments and B3 Municipalities in the Eastern Cape
- Creator
- Mtati, Nosi, Chetty, Preven, Norman, Yondela, Mvulane, Paulose, Libala, Notiswa, Weaver, Matthew J, Wolff, Margaret M, Cockburn, Jessica J, Mazibuko, Thembalani
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- text
- Type
- book
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/425732
- Identifier
- vital:72279
- Identifier
- ISBN 978-0-6392-0550-2
- Identifier
- https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/3097%20final.pdf
- Description
- Citizen science is a well-known mechanism used by researchers to col-lect scientific data working together with citizens. It can also be used by interested and concerned citizens (social activists regarding environ-mental threats) to protect natural occurring things like biodiversity, rare species that are threatened extension and much more. It can be a natu-ral occurring process that evolves with time but it can also have some guidelines of how to monitor, collect, analyse and disseminate data. In this project we used participatory action research processes to co-develop tools (co-create being one of the types of citizen science) with local communities, using their knowledge of their area to monitor and protect natural springs. Springs are useful for providing drinking water for people but also for livestock. In rural areas and small towns where service delivery is not reliable, natural occurring water sources become the reliable supply for these communities. Springs also provide ecosys-tem services as they are a keystone ecological infrastructure. These natural water sources can be threatened by pollution, especially that of livestock which is mostly unattended, because they are sometimes shared by people and animals. This poses health risks to the users. This study co-developed the “spring protection and sustainable use” tool/s that can be used to guide communities and local government on how to protect these important water sources. Citizen science also cre-ates opportunities for learning to take place among the participants as well as the researchers involved.
- Format
- 79 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- Water Research Commission
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Mtati, M.N., Chetty, M.P., Norman, M.Y., Mvulane, M.P., Libala, N., Weaver, M.J.T., Wolff, M.M., Cockburn, J.J. and Mazibuko, M.T., 2023. Using Citizen Science to Protect Natural Untreated Drinking Water Sources: Natural Springs in Rural Catchments and B3 Municipalities in the Eastern Cape
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Cockburn, Jessica (Ms)
RU Department of Environmental Science
RU Institute for Water Research, including the Unilever Centre for Environmental Water Quality (IWR)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Global Change Social Learning Systems Development: Transformative Learning and Green Skills Learning (ELRC)
SDG 06. Clean Water and Sanitation
RU Department of Education
SDG 04. Quality Education
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