The Waterwatch Victoria Data Confidence framework is designed as a guide for users of Waterwatch water quality data as an introduction the range of monitoring purposes across Waterwatch groups.

It is intended to be a quick guide, categorising Waterwatch monitoring programs into four standards, based on monitoring objectives. Waterwatch groups with similar monitoring objectives share a similar interest in how data is gathered, stored and used.

In developing a state framework based around monitoring purpose, river health data collected under different Waterwatch programs can be recognised and valued, for its contribution to education, as well as to natural resource management.