Ottawa River 2015
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Congratulations to the finalists
First Place
River Ranger
River Ranger app aims to be a showcase of scientific data (pH, phosphates, nitrates, ecoli, etc) but also a way to engage the public in monitoring for changes in conditions, wildlife and invasive species (and to teach them about why they are issues). It allows users to ask questions to the experts, and to collect multiple test data for a single point to begin to see trends.
River Ranger became Water Rangers
Team:
Owen Bradley, Kathryn Kavanagh, Ollie Kavanagh, Peter McLaren and Mark Dabrowski
Second Place
My River - Ma Rivière
A Web application that facilitates the efficient resolution of important waterway issues by bridging the gap between citizens and the municipalities and groups responsible for maintaining our waterways.
Team:
Adrian Pawliszko and Brian Perry
Third Place
Contour
La plateforme de mobilisation citoyenne permet à tous d’en apprendre davantage sur ses plans d’eaux, de connaître les actions poser afin d’améliorer la qualité de l’eau, mais également d’avoir accès des outils pour faciliter la réalisation de multiples actions. L’application sert d’outil puissant pour la gestion de plans d’actions pour la protection de l’eau par les différents acteurs, autant l’échelle locale, provinciale que nationale.
Team:
Mathieu Morin, Frédéric Fauvel, Pierre Rivard, Alexandre Bisaillon, Maxime Boulerice, Jean-Denis Giguère, and Andrée-Anne Dupuis
About the Challenge
Presented in partnership with IBM and Ottawa Riverkeeper/Sentinelle Outaouais, the first edition, AquaHacking 2015, was dedicated to the preservation of the Ottawa River. As the main tributary of the St. Lawrence River, the Ottawa River watershed serves more than 200 municipalities and numerous First Nations communities, and is the source of drinking water for more than 2 million people. At 1,272 km, it is the 13th longest river in North America.
THE VISION OF SUCCESS
The Water Issues
Recreational swimming
water level
water quality
Advisory Committee
John Kukalis
Denise Laferrière
Ciity of Gatineau
Paulette Lalande
Mayor of Plaisance
John Saywell
Mayor of Grenville-sur-laRouge
Agnès Grondin
MRC d'Argenteuil
David Pharand
Mayor of Duhamel
Normand Young
Mayor of Kipawar
Dominique Monchamp
De Gaspé Beaubien Foundation
Jeanne Charlebois
Mayor of the City of Hawkesbury
Geneviève Gallerand
OBV
Jeff Westeinde
Windmill Developments
Serge Villeneuve
Environnement Canada
Stefan Psenak
Economic Development Gatineau
John Karau
Conservation Authority
Jeffrey Ridal, PhD
St Lawrence Institute
Setphen Willis
Capital Planning Branch
Nil Béland
Fédération de l'UPA Outaouais Laurentides
Meredith Brown
Ottawa River Keeper
Adèle Michon
Ottawa River Keeper
Amanda Pope
Blue Legacy International
2015 AquaHacking Youth Delegation
As part of AquaHacking 2015, a delegation of young professionals and students joined forces to propose The Gatineau Declaration aiming to acknowledge our shared responsibility to preserve the biodiversity, the quality of our water and the well-being of communities within the Ottawa River Watershed.
