ABSTRACT:

How can collaborative, stakeholder-driven approaches address the emerging challenge of freshwater salinization? This data resource supports the paper “Collaborative Solutions to Inland Freshwater Salinization” by providing data and materials used to apply Elinor Ostrom’s Social-Ecological Systems (SES) framework to rising sodium concentrations in the Occoquan Reservoir, a drinking water source for over one million people in Northern Virginia.

ABSTRACT:

This resource contains the following data measured by the Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory for the period 2010-2021: (1) daily flow at ST10, ST45 and ST01; (2) sodium, chloride and nitrate concentration measurements on grab samples at ST10, ST45 and ST01; (3) sodium, chloride and nitrate concentration measurements on surface-water and bottom-water grab samples at reservoir stations R1-R6.

ABSTRACT:

This resource contains the following data: (1) sodium concentration measurements on grab samples at ST10, ST45 and UOSA; (2) hourly in-situ specific conductance at ST45 and UOSA; (3) hourly discharge at ST10, ST45, and daily discharge at UOSA; (4) daily rainfall in the Occoquan Watershed, daily snow depth at Dulles International Airport (IAD) and daily minimum air temperature at IAD.