WDC Mission and Core Values
Our Mission
The Collaborative’s mission is to grow and maintain an inclusive community of trained and qualified community water scientists who employ best available practices and technologies to provide data that enable the protection and restoration of our nation’s waterways.
Our Vision
Credible water quality data collected by community scientists are published, used to inform decisions, and guide actions to ensure our waters remain - or become - healthy, clean, and abundant for use by all communities and ecosystems
Equitable Participation
Fair and equitable access for water quality practitioners, including volunteers, to engage in all aspects of water monitoring and experience unbiased outcomes and benefits.
Our Values
We value equitable participation, collective impact, sharing, authenticity, belonging, and stewardship.
Collective Impact
Trained and informed volunteers bring knowledge, capacity and power that enhances collaborations and outcomes.
Sharing
Open sharing of data, technology, expertise, resources, and solutions between and across volunteers, organizations, agencies, and institutions.
Authenticity
Difference and diversity foster more robust, adaptable, and effective water quality programs.
Belonging
An organizational culture where individuals feel supported, valued, and safe.
Stewardship
The unique role and voice volunteers bring while caring for our water resources.
See where we’re going.
2020 Strategic Plan