Neha Gupta

Interests

No activities entered.

Courses

No activities entered.

Scholarly Contributions

Journals/Publications

• Crosson, C., Pincetl, S., Scruggs, C., Gupta, N., Bhushan, R., Sharvelle, S., Porse, E., Achilli, A., Zuniga-Teran, A., Pierce, G., Boccelli, D. L., Gerba, C. P., Morgan, M., Cath, T. Y., Thomson, B., Baule, S., Glass, S., Gold, M., MacAdam, J., , Cole, L., et al. (2024). Advancing a Net Zero Urban Water Future in the United States Southwest: Governance and Policy Challenges and Future Needs. ACS ES&T Water. doi:10.1021/acsestwater.4c00031
• Friedrich, H. K., Tellman, B., Sullivan, J. A., Saunders, A., Zuniga-Teran, A. A., Bakkensen, L. A., Cawley, M., Dolk, M., Emberson, R. A., Forrest, S. A., Gupta, N., Gyawali, N., Hall, C. A., Kettner, A. J., Lozano, J., & Bola, G. B. (2024). Earth Observation to Address Inequities in Post-Flood Recovery. Earth's Future, 12(2), e2023EF003606.
• Gupta, N., Bearup, L., Jacobs, K., Halper, E., Castro, C., Chang, H., & Fonseca, J. (2023). Stakeholder-Informed Hydroclimate Scenario Modeling in the Lower Santa Cruz River Basin for Water Resource Management. Water (Switzerland), 15(10). doi:10.3390/w15101884
  More info

  The Lower Santa Cruz River Basin Study (LSCRB Study) is a collaborative effort of regional and statewide water management stakeholders working with the US Bureau of Reclamation under the auspices of the 2009 SECURE Water Act. The impacts of climate change, land use, and population growth on projected water supply in the LSCRB were evaluated to (1) identify projected water supply and demand imbalances and (2) develop adaptation strategies to proactively respond over the next 40 years. A multi-step hydroclimate modeling and risk assessment process was conducted to assess a range of futures in terms of temperature, precipitation, runoff, soil moisture, and evapotranspiration, with a particular focus on implications for ecosystem health. Key hydroclimate modeling process decisions were informed by ongoing multi-stakeholder engagement. To incorporate the region’s highly variable precipitation pattern, the study used a numerical “weather generator” to develop ensembles of precipitation and temperature time series for input to surface hydrology modeling efforts. Hydroclimate modeling outcomes consistently included increasing temperatures, and generated information related to precipitation responses (season length and timing, precipitation amount) considered useful for evaluating potential ecosystem impacts. A range of risks was identified using the hydroclimate modeling outputs that allowed for development of potential adaptation strategies.
• Gerlak, A., Baldwin, B., Zuniga-Teran, A., Colella, T., Elder, A., Bryson, M., Gupta, N., Yang, B., Doyle, T., Heflin, S., MacAdam, J., Hanshaw, K., McCoy, A., & Wilson, J. (2022). A collaborative effort to address maintenance of green infrastructure through a university–community partnership. Socio-Ecological Practice Research, 4(4). doi:10.1007/s42532-022-00127-5
  More info

  University–community partnerships can play an important role in this green infrastructure (GI) maintenance issue and provide a valuable mechanism to support socio-ecological practice to address complex urban water issues and build urban resilience. In this Perspective Essay, we draw from our experience in a university–community partnership to create a Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) Maintenance Protocol for the City of Tucson in Arizona, USA, through a collaborative, participatory dialogue process. We build upon our earlier work in the planning, design, implementation, and monitoring of green infrastructure efforts to tease out key lessons to inform university–community partnerships to support socio-ecological practice. In doing so, we explore our earlier three lessons for university–community partnerships including understanding and valuing the socio-ecological context; investing, and reinvesting, in the collaborative process; and embracing a diverse set of roles for universities. In reflecting on these lessons, we offer two additional lessons that speak to the importance of investing and engaging in equity, even when a university–community partnership seemingly appears not to be focused on justice issues, and the value in strengthening networks to maintain and further collaboration. These lessons can inform other university–community partnerships around the world to better support socio-ecological practice, expand access to GI in disadvantaged communities, and heighten urban resilience.
• Meixner, T., Berkowitz, A., Downey, A., Pillich, J., Levea, R., Smith, B., Chandler, M., Gupta, N., Rullman, S., Woodroof, A., & Cherrier, J. (2021). Rapid assessment and long‐term monitoring of green stormwater infrastructure with citizen scientists. Sustainability (Switzerland), 13(22). doi:10.3390/su132212520
  More info

  Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) has emerged as a promising decentralized management approach to urban stormwater challenges. A lack of data about GSI performance interferes with widespread adoption of GSI. A citizen science program that benefits researchers, lay scientists, and municipalities offers a way to provide these lacking data. We have developed an open‐source, transferable green infrastructure rapid assessment (GIRA) protocol for studying the performance of GSI with citizen scientists. This protocol has been tested in six North American cities (New York City, Toronto, Vancouver, Chicago, San Francisco, and Buffalo). In this research we define the performance of GSI in varying geographic, climatic, and maintenance conditions with the intent to create technological, institutional, and management solutions to urban stormwater problems. The GIRA protocol was used by citizen scientists to assess the physical properties and capabilities of bioswales, while small, affordable Green Infrastructure Sensors Boxes (GIBoxes) were used to determine longer‐term function across several rain events. Our results indicate that teams of citizen scientists can be effective for collecting and archiving widespread information on the post‐installa-tion function of GSI. The effort also showed that citizen scientists had changes in understanding of urban stormwater challenges and the role that GSI can play in solving these problems. We explore the multiple benefits to knowledge, participants, and municipal partners as a result of this research.

Presentations

• Gupta, N. (2024). Meixner Tri-University Legacy Project. Water Resources Research Center Annual Conference. Tucson, AZ: Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona.
• Gupta, N. (2024). Supporting Arizona Water Resources Management through the Arizona Tri-University Recharge and Water Reliability Project. Invited Seminar: School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona UniversitySchool of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University.

Poster Presentations

• Gupta, N., Korgaonkar, Y., Strom, N., & Ferrell, K. (2024). Empirical Analysis of Runoff in Urban and Undeveloped Arid and Semi-Arid Watersheds to Support Stormwater Capture Opportunities.. American Geophysical Union Fall 2024 Meeting.
• Gupta, N., Lima, R., Richter, H., & Jacobs, K. (2024). Using the San Pedro Watershed as a Test Bed for Hydrological Data Integration and Verification in the Arizona Tri-University Recharge and Water Reliability Project. American Geophysical Union Fall 2024 Meeting. Washington DC, USA.

Others

• Gupta, N., Jacobs, K., & Pearthree, K. (2024, March). Arizona Flood Control District Workshop on Integrating Recharge and Flood Control Objectives. Workshop.
• Gupta, N., Jacobs, K., Hinkley, M., & Schonek, K. (2024, December). Water Recharge and Environmental Enhancement Opportunities in Grasslands Workshop. Workshop.