EPSCoR Workshop on Water Security Planning and Management

水安全是指可获得可接受的数量和质量的水，以维持人类健康、经济福利以及环境和生态系统的福祉，同时将相关的风险和威胁降低到可接受的水平。对于世界各国来说，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依赖于淡水的供应。目前，在美国，EPSCoR的许多司法管辖区都面临着水安全危机，大规模的自然天气循环和气候变化影响加剧了这种危机。水安全规划和管理讲习班的目标是建立具有足够规模和深度的调查人员协作小组，以促进跨多个EPSCoR司法管辖区的水安全研究能力。研讨会将帮助发展多样化的多学科研究团队，这些团队将促进跨多个EPSCoR司法管辖区的水研究能力。这些协调小组的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，特别是通过将代表人数不足的群体纳入几个EPSCoR司法管辖区的少数群体机构。后续联合提案制定活动将为所有EPSCoR管辖范围内代表性不足的少数群体提供更多的STEM培训机会。拟议的讲习班将通过提供一个独特的论坛，为EPSCoR国家经历的多司法管辖区和多学科的水安全问题进行系统的专家讨论，从而促进科学知识。研讨会将分成四个重点领域：资产评估、威胁评估、威胁管理和人类互动。这些领域将为有助于开发变革性解决方案的演示、讨论和集思广益会议提供一个提问框架。EPSCoR参赛团队的研讨会活动将集中在：a)开发科学和工程研究计划，以解决威胁EPSCoR州经济福祉的水安全管理问题；b)开发联合网络基础设施研究计划，目的是构建智能水安全网络，以促进EPSCoR州内部和之间的水量和水质信息流动；以及c)发展伙伴关系和外联计划，以便与行业、学术机构和政府组织合作。讲习班成果将在一份全面的项目报告中总结。该报告还将确定与EPSCoR州(特别是东南部地区)相关的关键水管理问题，提供潜在的解决方案，并制定在经济、环境、政治和社会层面解决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智力优势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.