Quenching a thirsty west: Integrated scientific knowledge and technological infrastructure to solve water issues in the Western United States

美国西部未来的水资源管理面临着来自人为变化的重大挑战，同时也面临着为满足人类和生态的多样化需求而提高水资源分配效率的巨大机遇。该研讨会将汇集来自学术界的科学和工程领袖，以确定主要问题，并制定一项计划，以指导未来的研究、技术和基础设施能力需求。该讲习班将与塔霍首脑会议同时举行，出席首脑会议的有地方、区域和国家决策者，他们的重点是美国西部水可持续性的需要和科学对指导可持续性发展的重要性。来自早期职业和高级教师、研究生和博士后研究人员的多样化组合将参加会议。现有的研究人员将与新的和代表性不足的研究人员以及负责美国西部水资源管理的决策者聚集在一起，为科学指导交流和将科学知识转化为实践提供极好的机会。青年科学家尤其将从研讨会的联网和综合活动中受益匪浅。

The future management of water resources in the Western United States poses significant challenges from human-derived change, along with tremendous opportunities to improve the efficiency of water allocation for the very diverse needs of humans and ecology. This workshop will bring together scientific and engineering leaders from academia to define the major issues and to develop a plan to guide research, technology and infrastructure capacity needs for the future. The workshop will be held in conjunction with the Tahoe Summit which is attended by local, regional and national policy makers focused on the needs for water sustainability in the Western United States and the importance of science to guide sustainability development. A diverse mix of early career and senior faculty, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers will participate in the meeting. Established investigators will be brought together with new and under-represented researchers, as well as policy makers responsible for water management in the Western US, providing excellent opportunities for both scientific mentoring exchange and translation of scientific knowledge to practice. The young scientists in particular will benefit significantly from the networking and synthesis activities of the symposium.