Water quality is fundamental to our regional agricultural and food production industries, is of significant concern for Midwestern and Gulf environmental health, and is essential for other regional economic interests that include recreation. The data revolution presents a new and exciting opportunity to address water-quality challenges. Various efforts are underway to store and standardize the large volumes of public water-quality data collected through existing federal, state, and local programs. However, new forms of water data from on-site instruments, satellites, and citizen-science programs are rapidly increasing, and many of these data streams originate in the nonprofit, academic, and private sectors with disparate data standards.
Get involved with the MBDH:
Join our seasonal Water Data Forum webinar series, presented in collaboration with the Cleveland Water Alliance and the Water Environment Federation—a cross-sector panel discussion of experts on all aspects of water, data, and innovation. These webinars took place monthly throughout 2021, as bimonthly webinars in 2022 (beginning in March), and as quarterly webinars in 2023. In 2024, the webinars were presented on a seasonal basis. See our Water Data Forum Sessions page for more information.
Learn about our aquatic invasive species workshop and pre-workshop community input activities.