Urbanization accelerates long-term salinization and alkalinization of fresh water

Sujay Kaushal1, Shuiwang Duan2, Thomas Doody3, Shahan Haq4, Rose Marie Smith1, Tammy A Newcomer Johnson5, Katie Delaney Newcomb6, Julia K Gorman2, Noah Bowman3, Paul M Mayer7, Kelsey Lynn Wood2, Kenneth Belt8 and William Stack9, (1)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (2)University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (3)University of Maryland, College Park, United States, (4)University of Maryland, Dept of Geology and ESSIC, College Park, MD, United States, (5)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, United States, (6)US Forest Service Portland, Portland, OR, United States, (7)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pacific Ecological Systems Division, Ecological Effects Branch, Corvallis, United States, (8)US Forest Service, Cockeysville, MD, United States, (9)Center for Watershed Protection, Ellicott City, United States