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Session Proposal: Frontiers in Water Quality (AGU25)

H072
Frontiers in Water Quality

Session ID#: 252794

Session Description:
Water quality science operates at the intersection of physical, biological, and chemical processes occurring over diverse spatial and temporal scales and intersects with water management and governance. Growing uncertainties related to anthropogenic climate change and evolving land-use practices have accelerated the development and testing of innovative hypotheses, observational techniques, and predictive models. These advancements have propelled water quality research into new frontiers across field, laboratory, and computational studies, often bridging these traditionally distinct domains. They have also fostered critical connections between science and policy. This session aims to showcase cutting-edge research that elucidates the variability and dynamics of water quality through space and time. We invite abstracts addressing multi-scale challenges—from local site studies to global assessments—and temporal analyses ranging from instantaneous fluctuations to long-term trends. Contributions highlighting the application of process-based modeling, machine learning, or integrated hybrid approaches to uncover water quality drivers are particularly encouraged.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
Index Terms:

1806 Chemistry of fresh water [HYDROLOGY]
1834 Human impacts [HYDROLOGY]
1871 Surface water quality [HYDROLOGY]
1879 Watershed [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener:  Admin Husic, PhD, Virginia Tech, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Manassas, United States
Conveners:  Matthew J Cohen, University of Florida, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Gainesville, United States and Erin Cedar Seybold, University of Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Admin Husic, PhD, University of Kansas, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, Lawrence, United States
 
The Burden of Small Scale Fisheries in Coastal Communities in Ghana: Addressing Widespread Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (1849727)
Favour Agala, Lagos State University of Education, Oto-Ijanikin, Lagos State, Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria
 
Predictive understanding of stream salinization across the Conterminous U.S. using machine learning (1867708)
Jared David Smith1, Ken Eng1, Wallace Anderson McAliley2, Kyle Compare3, Lauren Koenig4 and Galen Gorski5, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Mission Area, Reston, United States, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Mission Area, Westminster, United States, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Mission Area, Boise, United States, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Mission Area, Troy, NY, United States, (5)U.S. Geological Survey, Water Mission Area, Reston, United States
 
Hydrologic Pathways and Geochemical Controls on C-Q (Concentration-Streamflow) Relationship in Northern Great Plains Agricultural Landscapes (1875771)
Md Helal Ahmmed, Tyson Jeannotte and Taufique H Mahmood, University of North Dakota, Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering, Grand Forks, ND, United States
 
GLOWlib: A Library of GLObal Models based on Machine Learning for Inland and Coastal Water Monitoring (1879421)
Sachin Cooray, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States, Rejane Paulino, Mississippi State University, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Mississippi State, MS, United States, Vitor Martins, Mississippi State University, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State, MS, United States and Nuwan Wijewardane, Mississippi State University, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State, United States
 
A Year-Long Time Series of Radon in Well Water: Wake County, NC (1880889)
Mason Hale, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States and Carli A Arendt, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, United States
 
A Machine Learning-Driven Water Quality Assessment Framework for Advanced Management of Nutrient-Rich Effluent from Land-Based Aquaculture (1883092)
Hyunsu Kim and Keunje Yoo, Korea Maritime & Ocean University, Department of Environmental Engineering, Busan, South Korea
 
Evaluating Multisource Drinking Water Quality in a Climate-Vulnerable Coastal Region of Bangladesh: Insights for Health and Sustainable Water Use in Dacope (1885082)
Swapna Biswas1, Jagadish Joardar Dr.2, Sanaul Islam Md.2 and Bivuti Sikder3, (1)University of Dhaka, Department of Meteorology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (2)Khulna University, Soil, Water and Environment Discipline, Khulna, Bangladesh, (3)University of Dhaka, Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh
 
Enhancing Wastewater Treatment Efficiency Through Recirculating Media Filters for Agricultural Reuse (1889846)
Radhika Chaudhari, ICAR - Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal, Bardoli, India
 
Longitudinal Patterns in N:P Stoichiometry across U.S. River Networks (1902088)
Lindsey Cromwell, University of Florida, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, Luwen Wan, Stanford University, Earth System Science & Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Stanford, United States, Jasmine Krause, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, Luisa Vieira Lucchese, University of Pittsburgh, Geology and Environmental Science, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Joanna Blaszczak, University of Nevada Reno, Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Science, Reno, United States, Matthew J Cohen, University of Florida, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Gainesville, United States, John Gardner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, United States, Katharine Maher, Stanford University, Earth System Science, Stanford, CA, United States, Arial J. Shogren, University of Alabama, Department of Biological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, United States and James W Jawitz, University of Florida, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Gainesville, United States
 
Status and Drivers of Dissolved Oxygen in Regulated Rivers of Sweden (1909098)
Marco Cunico1, Navinder J. Singh2, Dr. Epari Ritesh Patro, PhD3, Roland Jansson4, Åsa Widén5, Jani Ahonen2 and Birgitta Malm-Renöfält4, (1)SLU Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umea, Umeå, Sweden, (2)SLU Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umea, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Forest Sciences, Umeå, Sweden, (3)University of Oulu, Water, Energy, and Environmental Engineering Research Unit, Faculty of Technology, Oulu, Finland, (4)Umeå University, Department of Ecology, Environment and Geosciences, Umeå, Sweden, (5)Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Umeå, Sweden
 
Spatial Assessment of Trace Metal Bioavailability Across Different Headwater Streams (1913282)
Cecilia Albert-Black, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, Joel Moore, Towson University, Physics, Astronomy, & Geosciences, Towson, United States, Michelle E Newcomer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate & Ecosystem Sciences, Berkeley, CA, United States, Dustin Kincaid, USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center, Madison, United States, Jacqueline Gerson, Cornell University, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Ithaca, United States, Travis Schmidt, U.S. Geological Survey WY-MT Water Science Center, Helena, United States, David Costello, Kent State University, Biological Sciences, Kent, OH, United States, Angela Peace, Texas Tech University, Mathematics & Statistics, Lubbock, United States and Elizabeth Herndon, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, United States
 
Lake and Climate Processes Influencing Coldwater Fish Habitat Variability Across Lake States and Types (1913753)
Emma Blackford, University of Wisconsin Madison, Freshwater and Marine Sciences, Madison, United States, Paul Block, University of Wisconsin Madison, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Madison, United States, Gretchen Hansen, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Minneapolis, United States, Lesley Knoll, Miami University, Biology, Oxford, United States and Heidi Rantala, Department of Natural Resources Minnesota, Fisheries, Duluth, United States
 
A Data-Driven Framework for Efficient Water Quality Monitoring Using Spatiotemporal Autocorrelation and Value of Information (1914301)
Seyed Abolfazl Ebrahimi1, Nicolas Fernandez2, Linus Schauer3, Aléxia Oliveira4, Harald Klammler5, Andreas Musolff3, Andrew A. Ali6, Arial J. Shogren6, James W Jawitz7 and Matthew J Cohen8, (1)University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, (2)University of Florida, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, (3)Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ Leipzig, Hydrogeology, Leipzig, Germany, (4)Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, (5)Federal University of Bahia, Department of Geophysics, Salvador, Brazil, (6)University of Alabama, Department of Biological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, United States, (7)University of Florida, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Gainesville, United States, (8)University of Florida, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Gainesville, United States
 
Using multi-solute concentration-discharge (CQ) responses to document interacting drivers of change (Invited) (1916058)
Arial Shogren1, Carla Atkinson2, Nick Marzolf3,4, Chelsea Smith5, Stephen Plont5 and Steven Golladay4, (1)University of Alabama, Biological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (2)University of Alabama, Biological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, United States, (3)Duke University, Durham, United States, (4)The Jones Center at Ichauway, Newton, United States, (5)University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, United States
 
Solute Persistence and Stability in a Coastal Plain Watershed: Insights from Nested Synoptic Sampling in the Southeastern United States. (1917482)
Andrew A. Ali1, Zacharie Loveless2 and Arial J. Shogren1, (1)University of Alabama, Department of Biological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, United States, (2)University of Alabama, Department of Biological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
 
Seeking to Define Blackwater Stream Hydrologic Systems (1917856)
Elizabeth Weyl and Ryan Emanuel, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, United States
 
Drivers of Stream Particulate Quantity and Quality Across the Continental United States and Puerto Rico (1920647)
Zacharie Loveless, University of Alabama, Department of Biological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Arial J. Shogren, University of Alabama, Department of Biological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, United States, Jonathan Benstead, University of Alabama, Biological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States and David Manning, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, United States
 
A Multiscale Machine Learning Framework for Suspended Sediment Concentration Prediction across the Contiguous United States (1932289)
Xueting Pu1, Yalan Song2, Haoyu Ji2, Shuyu Y Chang3, Doaa Aboelyazeed4, Farshid Rahmani2 and Chaopeng Shen2, (1)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, State College, United States, (2)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, United States, (3)The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geography, University Park, United States, (4)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, PA, United States
 
Evolution of Freshwater Salinization in a Suburbanizing Watershed (1937788)
Morgubatul Jannat1, Michelle Daley Shattuck2, Jody Potter2, William H McDowell3 and Adam S Wymore3, (1)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (2)University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, (3)University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Durham, United States
 
Water quality in forested catchments in the face of increasing stress and disturbances (1940543)
Carolin Winter, University of Freiburg, Chair of Environmental Hydrological Systems, Freiburg, Germany, Markus Weiler, University of Freiburg, Chair of Hydrology, Freiburg, Germany, Kerstin Stahl, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Freiburg, Germany, Teja Kattenborn, University of Freiburg, Chair of Sensor-based Geoinformatics, Freiburg, Germany and Florian Schnabel, University of Freiburg, Chair of Silviculture, Freiburg, Germany
 
Partnering Across Intelligences: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Water Quality and AI (1949231)
Julia N Perdrial1, Erin Cedar Seybold2, Li Li3, Kristen Underwood4, Donna M Rizzo5, Byung Suk Lee6, Ijaz Ul Haq7, Shaurya Swami8, Isabel Ahlstrom9, Andrew Vierbicher10, Camden Hatley11, Bryn Stewart12, Sarah Mah9, Lauren Lowman13, Beverley Wemple14, Donna Ramirez-Harrington15 and Matthew Scarborough15, (1)University of Vermont, Department of Geography & Geoscience, Burlington, VT, United States, (2)University of Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, United States, (3)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, PA, United States, (4)University of Vermont, Civil & Environmental Engineering; Water Resources Institute, Burlington, United States, (5)University of Vermont, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Burlington, United States, (6)University of Vermont, Computer Science, Burlington, VT, United States, (7)University of Vermont, Computer Science, Burlington, United States, (8)University of Vermont, Department of Computer Science, Burlington, United States, (9)University of Vermont, Department of Geography and Geoscience, Burlington, United States, (10)Penn State, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, United States, (11)Kansas State University, Department of Geology, Manhattan, United States, (12)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, United States, (13)Wake Forest University, Department of Engineering, Winston-Salem, NC, United States, (14)University of Vermont, Department of Geography and Geosciences, Burlington, United States, (15)University of Vermont, Burlington, United States
 
Detecting Long-term Freshwater Salinization Trends and Chronic Chloride Exceedance with a Deep Learning Model (1951782)
Diver E. Marín1, Chuqiang Chen2, Stanley Baugh Grant1 and Admin Husic, PhD3, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Manassas, United States, (2)Virginia Tech, Manassas, VA, UNITED STATES, (3)Virginia Tech, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Manassas, United States
 
Investigating the impacts of increasingly dynamic winter hydrology and spatially variable deicing product application on winter chloride loading (1952483)
Savia Berlucchi, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States, Kristine F Stepenuck, The University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources and Lake Champlain Sea Grant, Burlington, United States, Carol Adair, University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Burlington, United States, Matthew Vaughan, Lake Champlain Basin Program, Grand Isle, United States, James B Shanley, United States Geological Survey, New England Water Science Center, Montpelier, United States, Megan Duffy, University of Vermont, Burlington, United States and Andrew W. Schroth, University of Vermont, Geography and Geosciences, Burlington, United States
 
Location, Timing, and Implications of Water Quality Sampling in US Rivers (Invited) (1956509)
Nicolas Fernandez1, Gabriella Zuccolotto2, Luisa Vieira Lucchese3, Veronica Slevin4, Geetika Godavarthy5, John Gardner4, Matthew J Cohen6 and James W Jawitz7, (1)University of Florida, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, (2)University of Pittsburgh, Geology and Environmental Science, Pittsburgh, United States, (3)University of Pittsburgh, Geology and Environmental Science, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, (4)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, United States, (5)University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, (6)University of Florida, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Gainesville, United States, (7)University of Florida, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Gainesville, United States
 
Why Are Some Watersheds More Sediment-Productive Than Others? (1956647)
Sugam Shrestha, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States and Admin Husic, PhD, Virginia Tech, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Manassas, United States
 
Spatiotemporal Patterns and Driving Factors of Event-scale Nitrate Concentration and Discharge Relationship in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (1964924)
Huan LIU1, Bin Peng2, Zewei Ma2, Li Li3, Kaiyu Guan4, Ming Pan5 and Mengqi Jia4, (1)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, United States, (2)University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States, (3)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, United States, (4)University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Agroecosystem Sustainability Center, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, Urbana, United States, (5)Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States
 
Effects of Wind-Driven Waves on Nutrient Cycling and Phytoplankton Transport in a Large Shallow Lake (1978677)
Sajad Soleymani Hasani, University of South Florida, Tampa, United States and Mauricio Arias, University of South Florida, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Tampa, United States
 
Spatiotemporal Coverage and Trends in Surface Water Quality Monitoring Across the Continental United States (1983402)
Kirsten Ondris, University of California Davis, Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Group, Davis, CA, United States and Helen E Dahlke, University of California Davis, Land, Air and Water Resources, Davis, CA, United States
 
SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF MICROPLASTIC: AN EMERGING POLLUTANT IN ATLANTIC OCEAN, GULF OF AMERICA AND FLORIDA KEYS (1991402)
Aujeeta Shehrin Razzaque, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States and Assefa M Melesse, Florida International University, Earth and Environment, Miami, United States
 
Influence of Corn-Soybean Spatial Patterns on Nitrate Predictions in the Upper Sangamon River Using Graph Neural Networks and Counterfactual Reasoning (1991575)
Aramide Moronfoye, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, UNITED STATES and Praveen Kumar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, United States
 
Observational changes in groundwater quality across Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS) (1992275)
Yasir Abbas, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan, Arfan Arshad, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States and Dr. Shahbaz Khan, PhD , University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Department of Structures and Environmental Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan
 
Unmanned Drone for Water Quality Profiling in the Berkeley Pit Mine: Innovations in Hazardous Site Water Sampling (1999353)
Catie Marchand, Xylem Incorporated, Yellow Springs, OH, United States and Zachary Henderson, Xylem Incorporated, Yellow Springs, United States
 
Leveraging Big Data and Big Models to Expand Process Understanding and Water Quality Predictions (2001223)
John Trusal Kemper1,2, Kristen Underwood3, Scott D Hamshaw4, James B Shanley5, Patrick J Clemins6, Peter DF Isles7 and Andrew W. Schroth1, (1)University of Vermont, Geography and Geosciences, Burlington, United States, (2)Utah State University, Department of Watershed Sciences, Logan, United States, (3)University of Vermont, Civil & Environmental Engineering; Water Resources Institute, Burlington, United States, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Water Mission Area-Integrated Modeling and Prediction Division, Bristol, United States, (5)United States Geological Survey, New England Water Science Center, Montpelier, United States, (6)University of Vermont, Department of Computer Science, Burlington, VT, United States, (7)Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Watershed Management Division, Montpelier, United States
 
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