The MICS Italian case study, led by AAWA, is located along the Marzenego River and its tributary Rio Draganziolo, Italy. Local citizens, municipal authorities and statutory agency associated with the management of the Marzenego River and tributaries took part in co-design workshops, to discuss problems related to the river and wetlands and identify priorities for citizen monitoring. Based on these workshops, the following citizen science monitoring activities were adopted:
- Water quality monitoring using the Freshwater Watch (FWW) method and online platform (www.freshwaterwatch.thewaterhub.org) across 26 sampling sites.
- Hyserve kit for bacteriological analyses.
- Riparian vegetation monitoring (Marzenego fluvial park)
- Aquatic vegetation monitoring both in mature
Throughout 2021, technical, scientific and social assistance will be provided to citizens by the MICS team.