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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Water Resource Management
  • Ecological Engineering

Background:

  • Water quality criteria are crucial for ecological and human health, but achieving compliance involves complex decision-making processes.
  • Balancing multiple stakeholder objectives, such as cost, complexity, acceptability, and ecosystem services, is essential for effective water quality management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To apply structured decision making to a water quality management process, considering multiple stakeholder objectives.
  • To identify optimal nitrogen load reduction strategies in the Three Bays watershed, Massachusetts, that meet ecological targets while optimizing economic, social, and environmental outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized structured decision making to integrate diverse stakeholder objectives into a water quality management framework.
  • Employed multi-objective optimization and sensitivity analysis to explore various management action combinations and their tradeoffs.
  • Focused on nitrogen load reduction as a primary goal, with secondary objectives including cost minimization, permitting simplicity, stakeholder acceptance, and ecosystem service maximization.

Main Results:

  • Generated numerous potential solutions reflecting tradeoffs between nitrogen reduction targets and stakeholder objectives.
  • Identified that technological advancements in controlling household nitrogen sources could lead to more cost-effective solutions.
  • Demonstrated that optimized management actions can positively impact ecosystem services, such as recreational opportunities and flood control.

Conclusions:

  • The structured decision-making framework effectively balances competing objectives in water quality management.
  • Technological innovations in managing household nitrogen sources offer promising avenues for cost-effective water quality improvements and enhanced ecosystem services.
  • The presented decision-making process is adaptable and applicable to diverse watershed management challenges beyond the case study area.