The Community Water Science Framework is a conceptual model that depicts the process of stream monitoring and watershed science. It is not a novel concept, but rather a version of a Lifecycle of Data diagram specific to community water science. In our version, there are seven basic steps that monitoring programs can follow to ensure their data becomes actionable information: Design, Collection, Management, Analysis/Visualization, Modeling/Planning, Sharing/Communicating, and Evaluation. Below are the steps laid out simply.