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Research article
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15 Feb 2017
Research article |
| 15 Feb 2017
Monitoring surface water quality using social media in the context of citizen science
Hang Zheng
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523106, China
School of Earth and Environmental Science, The University of Queensland, 4072 Brisbane, Australia
Yang Hong
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Hua Jing
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Do you feel angry if the river in your living place is polluted by industries? Do you want to do something to save your environment? Just log in to http://www.thuhjjc.com and use the Tsinghua Environment Monitoring Platform (TEMP) to photograph the water pollution actives and make your report. This study established a social media platform to monitor and report surface water quality. The effectiveness of the platform was demonstrated by the 324 water quality reports across 30 provinces in China.
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