Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID NH_2025_WaterQuality

Suburbanization and changing seasonality: monitoring multiple forms of change in New Hampshire watersheds.

Institute: New Hampshire
Year Established: 2025 Start Date: 2026-01-01 End Date: 2026-12-31
Total Federal Funds: $29,998 Total Non-Federal Funds: $47,171

Principal Investigators: Adam Wymore

Project Summary: New Hampshire's surface waters are a valuable resource, contributing to the state's economy through recreation, tourism, real estate, and drinking water supplies. It is estimated that freshwater recreation and public water supplies contribute $1.5 billion in sales annually to NH's economy. Rapid population growth, however, threatens the state's water supplies. This project will continue documentation of long-term changes to water quality in response to changing land use and management practices, and extreme climatic events. Long-term monitoring is essential to track changes and develop realistic expectations of future conditions. This project draws from collaboration with local watershed groups and UNH staff and students to produce long-term datasets of water quality in NH. These datasets support the assessment of watershed management practices and efforts to reduce water quality impairments and provide early warning signs of dramatic changes to surface water quality. The project contributes to workforce development in New Hampshire.