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    • Volunteer With Us!
    • Monitoring Partnerships
      • Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring on Cayuga Lake
      • Synoptic Sampling
      • Biological Monitoring
      • Owego Creek Tributaries Monitoring Project with Trout Unlimited
      • Past CSI Monitoring Programs
        • Red Flag Monitoring
    • Outreach and Education
      • Journey of Water
        • Learning Materials
      • CSI News and Monthly Updates
      • The Water Bulletin Newsletter
      • CSI’s Public Comments & Testimonies
      • Public Events and Presentations
      • Publications
  • I want to test my water
    • Potable and Non-Potable Water Tests & Fees
    • Water Testing FAQs
    • Instructions for Collecting and Submitting Water Samples
    • Drinking Water Resources for the General Public
    • Water Testing Assistance Program
  • CSI Water Quality Data
    • Database Home
    • Streams and Lakes Data
      • Cayuga Lake Region
      • Seneca Lake Region
      • Upper Susquehanna River Region
      • Select and Download Streams and Lakes Data
    • HABs Database
      • Select and Download Cayuga Lake HABs Data
    • Pre-Fracking Groundwater Baselines
      • Select and Download Groundwater Baselines
    • Biological Monitoring Results
    • Glossary
  • About Us
    • Meet Our Staff
    • Employment Opportunities
    • Meet Our Board of Directors
    • Annual Reports
    • CSI Frequently Asked Questions
    • Contact Us
  • Donate
    • CSI’s Business Membership Program
    • 2025-2026 Business Membership Partners

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

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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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Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)

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Explore the Online Water Quality Database

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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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Biomonitoring Program

Biomonitoring is an effective way to assess the health of a stream ecosystem. It's also a great team building activity and fun for the whole family!

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Who We Are

Nonprofit 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

Recent News

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    Come with a question —or discover one on the spot— and take part in an engaging exploration of community-generated water quality data!

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    The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) held its first annual meeting of their University Chapter of the American Fisheries

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    Please enjoy this article written by one of CSI’s longterm HABs Harriers, James Edwards. This article was first included in the 7th

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    Community Science Institute has long been known for our environmental monitoring partnership programs. Our partnerships with groups of volunteers are at the

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95 Brown Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850

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Recent Posts

  • CSI’s 2026 Data Jam: Investigating Local Water Quality

    Come with a question —or discover one on the spot— and take

    21 January, 2026

  • No Fish Too Big, No Macroinvertebrate Too Small: A Celebration of Interdisciplinary Environmental Science

    The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) held its first

    8 January, 2026
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  • Get Involved
    • Volunteer With Us!
    • Monitoring Partnerships
      • Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring on Cayuga Lake
      • Synoptic Sampling
      • Biological Monitoring
      • Owego Creek Tributaries Monitoring Project with Trout Unlimited
      • Past CSI Monitoring Programs
        • Red Flag Monitoring
    • Outreach and Education
      • Journey of Water
        • Learning Materials
      • CSI News and Monthly Updates
      • The Water Bulletin Newsletter
      • CSI’s Public Comments & Testimonies
      • Public Events and Presentations
      • Publications
  • I want to test my water
    • Potable and Non-Potable Water Tests & Fees
    • Water Testing FAQs
    • Instructions for Collecting and Submitting Water Samples
    • Drinking Water Resources for the General Public
    • Water Testing Assistance Program
  • CSI Water Quality Data
    • Database Home
    • Streams and Lakes Data
      • Cayuga Lake Region
      • Seneca Lake Region
      • Upper Susquehanna River Region
      • Select and Download Streams and Lakes Data
    • HABs Database
      • Select and Download Cayuga Lake HABs Data
    • Pre-Fracking Groundwater Baselines
      • Select and Download Groundwater Baselines
    • Biological Monitoring Results
    • Glossary
  • About Us
    • Meet Our Staff
    • Employment Opportunities
    • Meet Our Board of Directors
    • Annual Reports
    • CSI Frequently Asked Questions
    • Contact Us
  • Donate
    • CSI’s Business Membership Program
    • 2025-2026 Business Membership Partners
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