StreamWatch is an environmental monitoring program focused on the 766-square-mile (1,980 km2) Rivanna River watershed in central Virginia in the United States.
The data StreamWatch collects helps communities in the city of Charlottesville and in Albemarle, Fluvanna, and Greene gauge stream conditions and to inform planning and environmental management decisions.
Benthic invertebrate (see bioindicator), sedimentation, stream habitat, and other types of data are collected by volunteers and professionals using established scientific protocols.
Fieldwork, interpretation, and reporting are guided by a technical advisory committee composed of academic and resource agency scientists.
[5] StreamWatch also compiles Rivanna watershed data collected by other organizations.