Water Rangers’ new data platform

data.waterrangers.com

Since launching our data platform in 2015—and giving it a refresh in 2018—we’ve learned so much about how our community collects and shares water quality data. That knowledge has shaped how we’ve rebuilt our platform from the ground up, with one big goal in mind: to better support community monitoring, now and into the future.

Over the past year, our team has worked hard to make the platform more intuitive, more robust, and more secure. And now, it’s ready. Starting June 10, we’ve begun migrating groups to the new platform in batches so we can support a smooth transition for everyone.

Here’s what you can expect:

🔁 A familiar flow for data entry

We’ve done our best to keep the process of entering data simple and familiar. If you’ve used Water Rangers before, you’ll feel right at home.

📊 Smarter data structure and sharing

Datasets are now easier to manage for organizations with multiple purposes and more flexible to match your group’s unique monitoring needs. Plus, sharing your data with others is easier than ever, and our new API means you can combine data with other sources into your own dashboards. Our new data structure means that we can closely align or translate into data standards, allowing it to be shared more widely.

🔬 Clearer links between equipment and data quality

We’ve made improvements to help you track what equipment was used for each test. This helps us give you better guidance on best practices, catch out-of-range errors, and helps those using your data to understand its data quality. We’ve now allowed you to be fully transparent on this!

📈 Built-in tools for basic data interpretation

Want to understand your results better? Our platform now gives you basic visualizations: we’re adding in country-based standards for many parameters and context to help you start interpreting your data. We’re looking at ways we can take this to the next level. For us, though, we know that interpreting data depends on your story, so we make it easy for you to grab the data and display it how you wish.

🛡 Improved security to block spam and bots

We’ve added measures to help keep the platform secure and reliable for everyone.

🚀 A platform built for growth

This rebuild lays the foundation for exciting new features and partnerships in the future. Think of this as the launchpad for what’s next!

We’re so grateful to our testers and funders who made this possible. If you haven’t been moved over yet, don’t worry—we’ll be in touch soon!

👉 Explore the new platform at data.waterrangers.com