Getting Started with Community-based Water Monitoring

WET-Pro is designed to provide an overview of the necessary training, skills, and knowledge needed to conduct meaningful community-based water quality monitoring. This self-paced, interactive, and accessible online certification course series covers the fundamentals of water quality monitoring and prepares you for field activities in your own watershed.

Saint Mary’s University’s Atlantic Water Network developed WET-Pro with guidance from community experts, academics, and government scientists. Course content draws from water monitoring best practices and is continually updated to reflect new tools and insights from Canada and abroad.

Learn At Your Own Pace

Start, pause, and retake WET-Pro whenever you like! No previous experience in water monitoring is required to complete this course, however, individuals with some prior knowledge may benefit from WET-Pro as a refresher.

WET-Pro is designed to support community-based water monitoring groups, students, researchers, environmental technicians, and ANYONE interested in better understanding the health of their local watersheds.

Happy sampling!