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A new version to discover
The new version of the "Qualité Rivière" application, developed by the water agencies, has been available since July 15, 2025. This free, annual app is ideal for nature lovers, offering an interactive map to monitor the ecological status of rivers, identify fish species and check the water quality of bathing sites. Accessible on smartphones, tablets and computers, it lets you find out about the condition of nearby rivers, or of rivers nationwide, via geolocation or search by zip code or commune. A color code indicates water quality: blue for "Very good condition", green for "Good condition" and yellow for "Average condition". Pictograms provide information on fish species present and authorized bathing sites.
An educational tool for everyone
The 2025 update of the "âeuros¯Qualité Rivièreâeuros¯" application is in line with today's major pedagogical trendsâeuros¯: making the user an active participant in learning, personalizing the experience and fostering a concrete understanding of environmental issues.
Here are the main pedagogical innovations included in this versionâeuros¯:
- Interactive quizzes to test knowledge, raise awareness of aquatic environment preservation and adopt the right behaviors. This approach makes learning more attractive, in line with the development of active and digital methods.
- Enriched interactive mapsâeuros¯: users can explore ecological quality, species presence and bathing sites directly, via geolocation or by entering a commune âeuros an immersive tool that facilitates the acquisition of concrete knowledge through observation and personal exploration.
- Direct access to species sheets and information on biodiversityâeuros¯: the naturalist and scientific dimension is reinforced, enabling everyone, including the very young, to learn to recognize the main fish and understand their environment.
- Educational news and local actionsâeuros¯: the application provides information on local conservation initiatives, encouraging knowledge to be rooted in local reality, in line with the move towards education for sustainable development and understanding of contemporary scientific issues.
- Inclusive and accessible approachâeuros¯: the application is designed for all audiences, adapting to the needs and rhythms of each userâeuros¯; this is in line with the personalization of learning, a strong pedagogical trend in 2025.
As well as being informative, the application is also an educational tool, with news on regional actions and a fun quiz to raise awareness of river preservation. Ecological water quality is assessed according to 11 European parameters, including diatoms, nutrients and water temperature. The data comes from 12,000 monitoring stations in France, collected between 2019 and 2024, and can be accessed via the portals eaufrance.fr and naiades.eaufrance.fr. For rivers not directly monitored, ecological status is estimated by modeling.
The application is available free of charge on Android and Apple Store.
