Is it working? Research to understand how nutrient reduction efforts affect water quality

This presentation will review the latest research on inputs, budgets, effects, legacies and management related to non-point source nutrient pollution.  Using examples of nitrogen and phosphorus budgets at the national, regional and local scales, Jana Compton from EPA’s Pacific Ecological Systems Division in Corvallis will walk through examples about nutrient impacts, and lessons learned from managing nitrogen.  Her work focuses on analyzing data from EPA’s National Aquatic Resources Survey and National Nutrient Inventory to understand the impacts of land use and watershed processes on nutrients in streams and lakes across the US.  

Impact/Purpose

PESD’s Jana Compton was invited to present in a plenary panel on Frontiers in Ecologyat the 7th Annual Social Cost of Water Pollution Workshop, October 2-4, Washington, DC.  CPHEA’s Beth Haley and Jana Compton will attend and present at this meeting.  The workshop goals are to coordinate and encourage research and policy discussion of Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) for water quality, and to push forward our understanding of the benefits and costs of water quality improvements. This workshop is part of an ongoing effort to establish a strong interdisciplinary research and policy community to improve our understanding of how changes in water quality affect society with an ultimate goal of providing regional and temporal estimates of the social cost of water pollution. 

Citation

Compton, J. Is it working? Research to understand how nutrient reduction efforts affect water quality. Social Cost of Water Pollution Workshop, Washington, DC, October 03 - 04, 2024.