Water Quality Citizen Scientist
Posted:
23.07.2026
Year:
2025 - ongoing
Country:
Malaysia
Implementing Institution(s):
Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA)
Background
In Malaysia, the Faculty of Industrial Sciences and Technology at Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) is greening education in campus and community through its Water Quality Citizen Scientist practice. Students learn water quality analysis, environmental monitoring, environmental sampling techniques, scientific data interpretation and research into bio-based innovative solutions such as effective microorganism (EM) mudballs to manage water pollution and improved water quality in their university and subsequently serving as facilitators and knowledge-transfer agents for the community.
The integration of citizen science within EM mudball research embedded in the bioremediation syllabus and curriculum successfully fostered water environmental awareness; introducing to the community a low cost natural wastewater treatment. This initiative provides other institutions with a greening institutional model framework of greening the curriculum, research and community in an experiential learning ecosystem that also supports Sustainable Development Goals - SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) and SDG 14 (Life Below Water).
The integration of citizen science within EM mudball research embedded in the bioremediation syllabus and curriculum successfully fostered water environmental awareness; introducing to the community a low cost natural wastewater treatment. This initiative provides other institutions with a greening institutional model framework of greening the curriculum, research and community in an experiential learning ecosystem that also supports Sustainable Development Goals - SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) and SDG 14 (Life Below Water).
