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The Water Reporter

The Water Reporter

by Commons Inc.

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This app allows users to discover, track, and examine pollution issues affecting water quality. It provides a platform for environmental monitoring, enabling the collection and publication of geolocated data to address pollution problems.

✓Discover and track pollution issues
✓Collect geolocated data
✓Build custom data collection forms
✓Integrate USGS stream gauge data
✓Create shareable maps
✓Maintain data ownership
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What's New in The Water Reporter

4.2.1

May 5, 2020

In this release you'll find a customizable post feed, enhanced post submission, and new ways to follow groups, people, and watersheds. The Water Reporter experience is now more consistent across platforms, meaning that features once confined to your desktop are available in the app. Now you can create and edit groups, data sources, and maps directly from your phone. This release also corrects a bug that prevented volunteer contributors from accessing data collection forms.

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Horrible UX

This app has a terrible UX and requires upgrading to the paid tier to participate at all, which defeats its entire purpose if being used for volunteer (unpaid) data collection and reporting by everyday citizens hoping to contribute to the health and wellbeing of their waterways. There is no way to add organizations and people to follow after initial profile set up - again, defeating the purpose this app is meant to serve. As someone who has moved quite a bit in my life and cared for multiple watersheds it is disheartening to see the ability to connect and contribute so diminished. This is truly a disappointment.
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anonsocmanageranonsocmanager

Neat Community

Really awesome to see the number of organizations and individuals joining to share local water quality observations. It would be good to see easier ways to post reports and curate observations but lots of potential.
waterbugg86waterbugg86

Water reporter and IPhone 8 mine

This app works very poorly with my iPhone 8. Locks up repeatedly. Not very good for me right now.
SwimlindaSwimlinda

Response from developer

Hi Sorry to hear about this. We are working on some updates that should hopefully address your IPhone 8 issues. Feel free to reach out to support@waterreporter.org if you need anything else.

Broken Profile

The app will not let me save or even create a profile.
catchercscatchercs

Response from developer

Thanks for rating and feedback. We’d be happy to help you troubleshoot. You reach out to us directly via support@waterreporter.org Have a great day!

The idea of this app is great

I would really like to use this app more but I am a voiceover user and not all of the features are accessible. It would be wonderful if this app could be updated so that it is completely accessible and I could interact more with the community. The idea of the app is great and I look forward to future changes where I will be able to fully take advantage of all of the features this app has to offer.
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Ncl26Ncl26

Response from developer

Thank you so much for the great feedback. The accessibility issue is one that we will work to get across the goal line as soon as we can. We want to include as many folks as possible and I really appreciate you bringing this to our attention.

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FAQ

What is The Water Reporter used for?

The Water Reporter is used to discover, track, and examine pollution issues that impact water quality and ecosystem health. It facilitates user-initiated monitoring programs and data collection for environmental purposes.

What devices does The Water Reporter support?

The Water Reporter is available on compatible Apple mobile devices, including iPhone, iPad, and iPod. It also supports Apple Watch.

How often is The Water Reporter updated?

The latest version of The Water Reporter is 4.2.1, which was last updated on May 5, 2020. The app was initially released on July 8, 2013.

What is the age rating for The Water Reporter?

The Water Reporter has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users.

Can I integrate data from other sources with The Water Reporter?

Yes, The Water Reporter allows integration of data from the national network of USGS stream gauges. You can also build data sources with your own protocols.

Does The Water Reporter allow users to own their data?

Yes, The Water Reporter emphasizes data ownership, providing downloadable data sources for users to maintain control over their collected information.

What kind of data can I collect with The Water Reporter?

You can collect station-specific data via digital forms, build mobile-ready, location-aware data collection forms, and define your own scores and thresholds to indicate status and health for monitoring stations or parameters.

How does The Water Reporter help address pollution problems?

The app provides a platform for collecting and publishing geolocated data that sheds light on watershed quality issues. This data-driven approach helps in developing solutions to pollution problems.