EPSCoR Workshop on Water Security Planning and Management

水安全是指可获得可接受数量和质量的水，以维持人类健康、经济福利以及环境和生态系统的福祉，同时将相关风险和威胁降低到可接受的水平。对地球仪各国来说，水安全是最令人关切的问题，因为我们的经济福祉在很大程度上取决于淡水的供应。 目前，在美国，许多EPSCoR管辖区正面临水安全危机，这些危机因大规模自然天气周期和气候变化影响而加剧。水安全规划和管理研讨会的目标是建立具有足够规模和专业知识深度的合作调查团队，以促进多个EPSCoR管辖区之间的水安全研究能力。该研讨会将有助于发展多样化的多学科研究团队，促进多个EPSCoR管辖区之间的水研究能力。这些协调一致的团队努力将提供专业发展途径，帮助培训与水有关的STEM领域的科学家，特别是通过在几个EPSCoR管辖区的少数民族机构中纳入代表性不足的群体。后续联合提案制定活动将为所有EPSCoR管辖区内代表性不足的少数民族提供更多的STEM培训机会。拟议的研讨会将通过提供一个独特的论坛，系统地专家讨论EPSCoR各州所经历的多管辖区和多学科水安全问题，促进科学知识。研讨会将分为四个重点领域：资产评估、威胁评估、威胁管理和人际互动。这些领域将为有利于制定变革性解决方案的演示、讨论和头脑风暴会议提供一个疑问框架。参与EPSCoR小组的讲习班活动将侧重于：a）制定科学和工程研究计划，以解决威胁EPSCoR国家经济福祉的水安全管理问题; B）制定联合网络基础设施研究计划，旨在构建智能水安全网络，促进EPSCoR国家内部和之间的水量和水质信息流动;以及c）发展伙伴关系和外展计划，与工业界、学术机构和政府组织合作。 讲习班的成果将在一份综合项目报告中概述。该报告还将确定与EPSCoR州（特别是东南地区）相关的关键水资源管理问题，提供潜在的解决方案，并制定解决经济，环境，政治和社会层面水安全治理的路线图。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Water security is the availability of acceptable quantity and quality of water for sustaining human health, economic welfare and the well-being of environmental and ecological systems while mitigating the associated risks and threats down to acceptable levels. For nations all around the globe, water security is of paramount concern since much of our economic well-being depends on the availability of fresh water. Currently, in the United States, many EPSCoR jurisdictions are confronting water security crises that are intensified by large-scale natural weather cycles and climate change effects. The objective of the Water Security Planning and Management workshop is to establish collaborative teams of investigators with sufficient scale and depth of expertise to catalyze water-security research capability across and among multiple EPSCoR jurisdictions. The workshop will help develop diverse multi-disciplinary research teams that will catalyze water research capability across and among multiple EPSCoR jurisdictions. These coordinated team efforts will provide professional development pathways to help train scientists in water-related STEM areas, particularly through the inclusion of underrepresented groups at minority institutions in several EPSCoR jurisdictions. Follow-up joint proposal development activities will generate additional opportunities for STEM training for underrepresented minorities across all EPSCoR jurisdictions.The proposed workshop will advance scientific knowledge by providing a unique forum for a systematic expert discussion of multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary water security issues experienced by the EPSCoR states. The workshop sessions will be grouped under four focus areas: asset assessment, threat assessment, threat management, and human interactions. These areas will provide an interrogative framework for presentations, discussions, and brainstorming sessions conducive to develop transformative solutions. Workshop activities of the participating EPSCoR teams will focus on: a) development of scientific and engineering research programs to address water security management problems that threaten the economic well-being of the EPSCoR states; b) development of joint cyberinfrastructure research programs with an aim to construct intelligent water security networks that can facilitate water quantity and quality information flow within and between EPSCoR states; and c) development of partnership and outreach programs to collaborate with industries, academic institutions, and governmental organizations. The workshop outcomes will be summarized in a comprehensive project report. The report will also identify key water management problems that are relevant to EPSCoR states (especially in the Southeastern region), provide potential solutions, and develop a roadmap for addressing water security governance in economic, environmental, political and social dimensions.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.