鈥婥ommunity-based water monitoring, or CBWM, is an increasingly popular model of data collection in Nova Scotia and elsewhere. In this model, community members are out on the water collecting samples used to better understand water quality.
This report draws on extensive interviews and meetings with CBWM groups and policy makers in Nova Scotia to answer the question, 鈥渨hat happens to CBWM data after it has been collected?鈥 The findings suggest ways to better align data use with data collection, and present a decision-making framework useful for both decision makers and CBWM groups.