The Russian Clean Water Project (RCWP) was created in 2003 and Clean Water Center (CWC) established in 2004 under aegis of the IBSS FEB RAS for the development of policies that will protect freshwaters basing on cooperation of private, scientific, and governmental institutions. The goal of the CWC is to develop rapid bioassessment using macroinvertebrates suitable for monitoring freshwaters in the RFE. The CWC established a network of public eco-agencies (PEA) to provide extensive freshwater monitoring by specially educated ecologists and volunteers. Local PEA carries out bioassessments and submits their results to the CWC. Following analysis by scientists at CWC, the data and conclusions are passed to federal and regional nature protection departments, who investigate the sources of pollutants and develop strategies to help mitigate their impacts.