
Human activities put rivers under constant pressure from a variety of pollutants – almost everything we do on land has a consequence for our waterways. This pollution stops rivers supporting healthy populations of freshwater species.
Despite this, government monitoring continues to decline, in both frequency and coverage.
SmartRivers is a scientifically robust, nationwide citizen science scheme that is helping to fill the monitoring gap. Our high resolution invertebrate monitoring produces invaluable evidence to protect wild fish.