Core Support of the Water Science and Technology Board

1250334雅各布水科学和技术委员会是在国家科学院和国家工程院主持下完成的与水资源和水文科学有关的研究的协调中心。该委员会的目标是改善科学和技术基础，以解决重要的国家问题和与有效管理和利用地下水和地表水资源有关的问题。在履行职责和为国家利益服务时，委员会通过其关于水资源具体和一般性问题的特别研究回应评价和咨询请求，通过启动对值得公共机构和其他机构审议的问题的研究来影响行动，确定与水资源有关的问题和研究专题，并与国家研究理事会(NRC)的其他单位和NRC以外的共同利益团体合作。该委员会的学术价值对于增进有关水资源的传统科学和工程方面以及经济、体制、法律、教育和社会方面的知识和理解具有重要意义。该委员会由参与水资源活动的所有学科的成员组成，并回应政府、州和地方机构以及其他机构的具体要求。该委员会预测未来在科学、工程和技术方面与水有关的多学科研究和教育的需求和能力。这些项目分别由审计委员会监督下的特设委员会提供资金和执行。在董事会会议上，联络代表提供意见和建议，以帮助董事会制定其计划和报告其活动。委员会通过促进发现和理解，同时促进教学、培训和学习，以预测未来科学、工程和技术领域与水有关的多学科研究和教育的需求和能力，从而促进其活动产生更广泛的影响。理事会成员和工作人员参加会议、研讨会和其他活动，以传播对其报告的科学和技术理解。委员会的调查结果使社会受益，因为它确保水资源方面的活动得到适当的关注，使水在促进国家利益方面发挥的作用得到适当重视。

1250334 JacobsThe Water Science and Technology Board is the focal point for studies related to water resources and hydrologic sciences accomplished under the aegis of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. The Board's objective is to improve the scientific and technological basis for resolving important national questions and issues associated with the efficient management and use of ground and surface water resources. In carrying out its responsibilities and in serving the national interest, the Board responds to requests for evaluations and advice through its ad hoc studies concerning specific and generic issues in water resources, influences action by initiating studies of issues that merit consideration by public agencies and others, identifies issues and topics of research related to water resources, and cooperates with other units of the National Research Council (NRC) and groups with mutual interests outside of the NRC. The intellectual merit of the Board is important in advancing knowledge and understanding covering the traditional scientific and engineering aspects of water resources and the economic, institutional, legal, educational, and social aspects, as well. The Board consists of members from all of the disciplines involved in water resources activities and responds to specific requests from government, state and local agencies, and others. The Board projects future needs for and capabilities of multi-disciplinary water-related research and education in the sciences, engineering, and technology. These projects are separately funded and carried out by ad hoc committees under the Board's oversight. At meetings of the Board, liaison representatives provide comments and suggestions to aid the board in developing its program and reports on its activities. The Board promotes broader impacts for its activities by advancing discovery and understanding while promoting teaching, training and learning in projecting future needs for and capabilities of multi-disciplinary water-related research and education in the sciences, engineering, and technology. Board members and staff participate in conferences, workshops, and other activities to disseminate the scientific and technological understanding of its reports. The Board's findings benefit society by assuring that the activities in water resources receive attention appropriate to the role water plays in furthering national interest.