Many organizations record and distribute water quantity and quality data. World Water Watch evaluates these sources for accuracy, reliability and coverage. In addition, specific Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) criteria are requested for each dataset.
World Water Watch develops contaminant loading functions from data it collects from WWW projects. In addition, water quantity and quality data from partner organizations and other sources are made available to other NGO’s, watershed associations and the public.
Partner and Collaborating organizations include:
Academy of Natural Sciences
Argonne National Laboratory
Biological and Irrigation Engineering at Utah State University
Global Environment Monitoring System
Hubbard Brook Research Foundation
Humboldt Field Research Institute
International Water Engineering Centre
National Agriculture Library
National Center for Water Quality Research at Heidelberg College
National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration
National Technical Information Service
Nonpoint Source – News-Notes
Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access
South Florida Water Management District
Stroud Water Research Center
UN – Water
United Nations Databases
U.S. Agency for International Development
U.S. Geological Survey
Water Encyclopedia
ZedX, Inc: Information Technology