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Water quality in Alleman Creek, a small watershed in Iowa, will be monitored through stream nitrate sampling and streamflow monitoring. Nearly all subsurface drainage tile outlets in this watershed were

Floods impact 2.2 billion people globally, and their occurrence displays an alarming increase compared to other natural disasters. The State of Iowa follows this ascending trend, with flood- presidential disaster

Optical brighteners—or fluorescent whitening compounds (FWCs)—absorb light in the ultraviolet and violet region of the electromagnetic spectrum, and reemit light by a process known as fluorescence in a lower-energy region

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) are a class of over 6,000 persistent, bioaccumulative, mobile, and toxic environmental contaminants that are ubiquitous in wastewater and stormwater. PFAS exposure is linked to

Climate change and urbanization are increasing the influence of municipal wastewater effluent on receiving waters, making wastewater effluent-dominated streams common worldwide, including in temperate regions. This phenomenon increases loading of

The frequency of catastrophic flood events, amplified by climate change has increased substantially in US Midwest (Neri et al., 2019; Reed et al., 2020). Flooding causes major economic and social

The US Cornbelt is a leading global producer of intensively managed, row-crop corn and soybeans – yet, the agricultural production of these commodities is often linked to challenges associated with