MaryGail Perkins

Introduction Water quality trends in aquatic systems often serve as sensitive indicators of environmental change. (1) One such indicator is the widespread occurrence of organic micropollutants (OMPs) due to the increasing production and use of synthetic organic substances in the domestic, agricultural, and industrial sectors.

The widespread occurrence of organic micropollutants (OMPs) is a challenge for aquatic ecosystem management, and closing the gaps in risk assessment of OMPs requires a data-driven approach. One promising tool for increasing the spatiotemporal coverage of OMP data sets is through the active involvement of citizen volunteers to expand the scale of OMP monitoring.