To inspire and empower communities to safeguard water resources by cultivating scientific literacy through volunteer water quality monitoring, certified laboratory analyses, and education.
Community Science Institute's Mission
Communities empowered by science to sustain, protect, and restore our shared water resources.
Community Science Institute's Vision
Support our efforts to partner with communities to protect water by making a donation, becoming a member, or renewing your membership today!
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Open Lab Nights
Join us during open lab nights to explore the extraordinary world of organisms that live in streams. Develop your skill at identifying benthic macroinvertebrates and help CSI staff assess the health of local streams.
Contact adrianna@communityscience.org to learn more!
The Journey of Water
Join us for our free summer youth education series following water as it moves through the Cayuga Lake Watershed!
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Volunteers of the Red Flag Monitoring Program set a baseline of water quality for streams in the southern tier in response to the threat of hydrofracking in New York.
Red Flag Monitoring
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Certified Water Testing
When was the last time you tested your drinking water? Would you like to make sure your pond is safe for swimming? Our certified lab is here to help. Our lab is certified in over 30 methods to test potable and non-potable water.
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Non Profit Organization
CSI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2000, and opened our NYSDOH-certified lab in 2003.
Water Testing Lab
We operate a state-certified water quality testing lab and can test drinking water and surface water for private homeowners, agencies and regulated suppliers
Watershed Protection
We partner with volunteers to monitor water quality in the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions to collect data about local issues that matter: urban development, nutrient run-off, harmful algal blooms and more
Database
Our state-of-the-art online database holds thousands of certified data items for free use and download by municipalities, researchers, and residents
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