The purpose of this report is to inform the public about the variability, sources, distribution, and management efforts pertaining to water quality concerns (e.g., nutrient and/or sediment loading, salinity, etc.). These specific concerns can be described as an excess of nutrients and sediment in water sources and salinity is the measure of salt dissolved in a body of water (Guerrero et. al, 2020). This project is a case study and will investigate this dialogue gap by interviewing key stakeholders in south Texas pertaining to current water quality issues and their management. The stakeholders’ dialogue has been documented and used to create a final report summarizing all the useful responses that were provided. The articles used in the literature review are primary scholarly articles found through EBSCO Information Services and the Jernigan Library. The general public is the intended audience for this report, and they will benefit from reading about this research by gaining a deeper understanding of their communities’ water quality management policies and the science behind the water quality.

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Turner

Department of Agriculture, Agribusiness and Environmental Sciences