General Disclaimer https://www.deltares.nl/en/disclaimer/
Specific Nitrate Aquality App Web-Site disclaimer:
This Aquality App (formerly: Nitrate App) website relates to the use of the Nitrate Aquality App, as available for Android and Apple at the common places, and the information collected with the use of the Nitrate Aquality App.
The Nitrate Aquality App is for use by any person willing to actively participate in research on the relationship between different agricultural practices and water quality.
The Nitrate Aquality App aims to use the efforts of many people to establish the relationship between different agricultural practices and water quality. Offering a method that allows participants – which can be any person willing to actively participate in research on the relationship between different agricultural practices and water quality, but who we expect to be mainly farmers- to both collect nitrate measurements and share this information easily. Participants can take nitrate measurements by using test strips and share the outcome information by sending the results by smartphone. The thus collected measurements will be freely available on this web-site.
You may use the information presented at this website as long as you mention in any publication you make, that you made use of information collected using the Deltares Nitrate Aquality App Website https://publicwiki.deltares.nl/display/wqapp]
The accuracy of the app mostly depends on the accuracy of the test strips. Test strips typically just give a rough indication of the actual concentration. From these result, we estimated the accuracy of the strips and app-use at 30%. The accuracy of conventional lab measurements is ca. 10%. A known issue with test strips in general is that the colour reaction has a slight temperature dependency. At low temperatures, this leads to an underestimation of the higher nitrate concentrations for which a correction is possible. Note that the app is designed for outdoor use in good light conditions. See also the Tips and Tricks at https://publicwiki.deltares.nl/display/wqapp/Accuracy for getting the most accurate readings!
The use of the Nitrate Aquality App and this Nitrate Aquality App website is subject to the conditions set out below. By using the Nitrate Aquality App and this Nitrate Aquality App website, you declare that you are acquainted with these conditions and agree to them.
Disclaimer
USE OF THE AQUALITY APP (FORMERLY: NITRATE APP) AND OF THE RESULTING INFORMATION IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND EXPENSE. THE AQUALITY APP (FORMERLY: NITRATE APP) IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. DELTARES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR FOR FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE AND ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHATSOEVER SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF YOUR DOWNLOADING, USE OF, OR RELIANCE UPON, THE AQUALITY APP (FORMERLY: NITRATE APP).
DELTARES EXPRESSLY REMARKS THAT THE AQUALITY APP (FORMERLY: NITRATE APP) [AND INFORMATION PRESENTED AT THIS WEBSITE] IS NOT FIT FOR ASSESSSING WATER BEING APPROPRIATE FOR DRINKWATER PURPOSES OR NOT. AMONGST WHICH WATER FROM DOMESTIC WELLS.
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YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE NOT TO CLAIM ANY RIGHTS TO THE DATA YOU COLLECTED AND UPLOADED THROUGH THE AQUALITY APP (FORMERLY: NITRATE APP) [AND THIS WEBSITE].
Netherlands law applies to (the use of) this Aquality App (formerly: Nitrate App), this website, and the resulting information.
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If you have questions about the above or about the processing of your personal data or if you wish to access, modify or remove your data, please contact us via info@deltares.nl.
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