2024 Review
2024 was a great year for leading growth in community-based water monitoring!
Join us in celebrating our team, our friends and collaborators, and our achievements in the past year! Take the plunge with us as we review just a few of our highlights.
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A few stats for 2024
460,000
Total datapoints at 7,500 locations, ↑ 26% on last year
350
Groups sharing data on our data platform, ↑ 10% on last year
88%
Participated in other stewardship activities, with 47% attending public meetings
92%
Got involved so they can collect important water quality data for their local waterway
40,000
Total people we trained to use Water Rangers' tools, ↑40% from last year
76%
Taught others how to test, teaching on average 36 others
What people said
“Thanks to these amazing kits, we have been able to reach hundreds of youth, Elders, Educators and Knowledge Keepers in both the community and in the classroom! We've been able to have meaningful conversations about our relationship with the water and our responsibilities as current and future leaders and Water Protectors!” - Ashley Wolfe, Teacher
“We have been demonstrating the water testing tools in the Education Toolkit with Vancouver Aquarium Guests outside the wet lab and at our Ocean Science program. Guests love seeing first hand how they can learn about dissolved oxygen in the water that the animals here and off our coast need to stay healthy and how they can be part of community-based water monitoring.” - Danika Strecko, Senior Manager - Education
I reconnected in scientific and a spiritual ways with the waterway that our family has enjoyed for 75 years... My wife, daughter and I learned about the health of the waters of the French River and Lake Nipissing, and we're now working to mobilize the community to conduct annual water testing in 2025 and beyond. I can 100% recommend Water Rangers to any property owner or cottagers that wish to test and monitor their waterways.” - Tim Murdoch and family, French River
