** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** WATER PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO FOOD SECURITY, ECONOMY, NATURALRESOURCES, AND CLIMATE. TO DATE, NO INTEGRATED MODELS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT ENABLE ACOMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF WATER RESILIENCY FROM THE INTERPLAY OF CHANGING LAND USE, IRRIGATIONMETHODS, AND RESULTING AQUATIC RISKS OF CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERN (CECS). IN SUPPORT OFTHE AFRI PRIORITY AREA BIOENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND ENVIRONMENT - A1411 WATER QUANTITYAND QUALITY, THIS PROPOSAL AIMS TO DECIPHER THEIR IMPACTS ON WATER DYNAMICS. SPECIFIC A1411PRIORITIES ADDRESSED INCLUDE ADVANCING WATER CONSERVATION AMIDST AN INCREASINGLY VARIABLECLIMATE AND PROCESS-BASED MODELS FOR ANALYZING THE LIFE CYCLES OF CECS IN AGROECOSYSTEMS.THESE IMPACTS WILL BE EVALUATED BY LEVERAGING PARCEL-LEVEL LAND USE DATA IN CALIFORNIA'S UNIQUELYRICH DATA ENVIRONMENT TO EXAMINE THE OVERARCHING EFFECTS OF CONTEMPORARY AND FORTHCOMINGWATER CONSUMPTION OF IRRIGATION AND CEC TRANSPORT TO AND HAZARDS IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AT THEFIELD SCALE. RESULTS WILL EMPHASIZE SCIENCE SYNTHESIS FOR WATER RESILIENCE AND SCALE-UP TO REGIONALEVALUATIONS WHERE ACTIVITIES CAN BE STRATEGICALLY MANAGED.THE PROJECT AIMS AND MENTORSHIP ALIGN DIRECTLY WITH THE DIRECTOR'S CAREER VISION TODEVELOP DECISION-SUPPORT TOOLS FOR MITIGATING CHEMICAL HAZARDS IN AGRICULTURAL WATER RESOURCES.THIS POSTDOCTORAL OPPORTUNITY WILL BENEFIT FROM COMPREHENSIVE GUIDANCE IN RESEARCH, SCIENTIFICCOMMUNICATION, AND THE DESIGN OF MANAGEMENT-RELEVANT MODELS WITH GUIDANCE FROM HER RESEARCHMENTOR, AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, AND COMMUNITY MENTORS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STATEWATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE UC ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE.PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES ALSO PROVIDE FOR THE AFRI EDW AIM TO EDUCATE AGRICULTURAL PROFESSIONALLEADERS.