Hotspots and legacies: integrating history into water quality modeling. This project aims to develop a new transdisciplinary approach to enhance river water quality predictions by unlocking informatio

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Hotspots and legacies: integrating history into water quality modeling. This project aims to develop a new transdisciplinary approach to enhance river water quality predictions by unlocking information contained in historical lake sediments. Nutrient pollution in rivers leads to ecosystem collapse and undermines human access to safe and secure water supplies. Catchment water quality models are an essential tool in the fight against pollution. Building upon the CI's previous work with industry and government, this project will generate new knowledge of pollution inputs into rivers, which will be used to develop improved models to predict impacts on water quality. This will enable waterway managers to design effective strategies to safeguard water supplies and ecosystem health for future generations.. Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. Field: 4005 - Civil Engineering. Lead: Dr Anna Lintern