Data associated with the publication: Similarities in storage and transport of sulfate in forested and suburban watersheds, despite anthropogenically elevated suburban sulfate

This study focuses on differences in sources and dynamics of sulfate in a forested versus suburban streams in an unglaciated region underlain by schist. Sulfate in streams is both an important nutrient and potential pollutant that is linked with the nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus cycles. There are uncertainties about how suburban sulfate sources including septic, fertilizer, road salt, and infrastructure impact sulfate fluxes. We studied suburban and forested headwater catchments nested within a 381-ha catchment to estimate the magnitude of sulfate sources and evaluate the effects of land use on transport to streams. Data for this study include discharge, sulfate concentrations, water hydrogen and oxygen values, and sulfate sulfur and oxygen isotope data, as well as results of models described in the paper. (2023-03)