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Sac State project trains students to collect regulatory-quality trash data for municipalities
Summary
A Sacramento State team described a citizen-science platform and training program that has completed more than 300 trash surveys, provided paid internships to local students and aims to produce regulatory-quality data to help cities meet new Phase 2 stormwater permit monitoring requirements.
Julian, a professor of environmental studies at Sacramento State, told the California Water Quality Monitoring Council Trash Monitoring Work Group that his team has built the Trash Rapid Assessment Data Exchange (TRADE) to connect student- and community-collected trash data with municipal permittees.
"We've accomplished over 300 surveys so far," Julian said, and noted the program has provided paid internships for roughly 112 high-school and university students who are trained to follow quality-assurance project plan (QAPP) protocols so their data can meet regulatory needs. "When well planned and well executed, we would call [that] regulatory-quality data," he said.
The project includes a Survey123-based app, a background database and a dashboard that distinguishes…
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