Prioritizing US Geological Survey science on salinization and salinity in candidate and selected priority river basins.

ABSTRACT: The US Geological Survey (USGS) is selecting and prioritizing basins, known as Integrated Water Science basins, for monitoring and intensive study. Previous efforts to aid in this selection process include a scientifically defensible and quantitative assessment of basins facing human-caused water resource challenges (Van Metre et al. in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 192(7), 458 2020). In the present work, we explore this ranking process based on water quality considerations, specifically salinity and salinization. We selected top candidate basins to study salinity and salinization issues in 18 hydrologic regions that include 163 candidate basins. Our prioritization is based on quantitative assessment of sources of salinity, drivers of change, and receptors that must respond to t

SUBMITTER: Conaway CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11649729 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature