nala-ai - this project is the result of the voluntary merger of the AquAlert and FlunaKI projects. After weeks of preparation, on 22 March 2025, World Water Day, the time had come: the first joint probe was placed in the Aue, an inconspicuous tributary of the Elbe. The Aue has been considered the region's problem child for decades, as Elke Freimuth, chairwoman of wilde-natur.org gGmbH, which is responsible for the FlunaKI project, confirmed in an interview with dpa. On the University of Bremen side, Julia Steiwer is volunteering her expertise from her AquAlert project, which has also resulted in a low-cost probe that can collect data in quasi-real time, making water health monitoring much more accessible.

Many people are enthusiastic about the project and the idea; in addition to angling organisations and the Upper Oste River Maintenance Association, there is also great interest from the media - for example, the Zeit and Süddeutsche Zeitung newspapers reported on the official launch of the project. The official nala-ai website provides real-time data and status updates on the project.

Contact: Julia Steiwer