**4. Benefits from EDSS as a Service**

The developed paradigm of a "Water Quality EDSS as a Service" holds multiple benefits for environmental organizations working on preserving and recovering aquatic ecosystems. This specific study implementation is beneficial to organizations or researchers with a calibrated CE-QUAL-W2 model for the water bodies they manage since this remains the highest cost in the EDSS. We can divide the direct users' benefits into two categories: (1) Benefits to the end-user who consults the EDSS; (2) Benefits to the developer looking to introduce a new algorithm to the user.
