Water Quality and Watersheds: From Scientific Innovations to Actions

Session ID#: 279518

Session Description:
Hydrologists, biogeochemists, ecologists, and watershed scientists continue to advance hydrologic and water quality science using innovative measurement and modeling approaches. However, a persistent challenge lies in translating these methods and results into actionable insights for real-world water quality and watershed management. For example, advances in sensors and remote sensing technologies generate environmental data at unprecedented temporal resolutions and spatial extents. These data create new opportunities, not only for scientific discovery but also for real-world applications.

In this session, we encourage presentations on research that moves beyond methodological innovations toward practical applications. We invite contributions that demonstrate how advances in measurements, modeling, and data analytics are used to inform management strategies, adaptive monitoring, and decision making, including improved understanding of water quality trends and their drivers. We encourage studies with transferable insights to advance watershed restoration and surface and groundwater water quality management, including multi-site comparisons, cross-scale analyses, and synthesis efforts.

Co-Sponsor(s):
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • SY - Science and Society
Index Terms:

1804 Catchment [HYDROLOGY]
1831 Groundwater quality [HYDROLOGY]
1871 Surface water quality [HYDROLOGY]
1879 Watershed [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener:  Heather E Golden, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States; US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Applied Science & Environmental Solutions, Cincinnati, United States
Conveners:  Dr. Emine Fidan, University of Tennesee, Knoxville, United States, Dr. Qian Zhang, Qian Zhang, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis, United States and Tim P Covino, Montana State University, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Bozeman, MT, United States
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