AGU Chapman Conference on The Quest for Sustainability of Heavily Stressed Aquifers at Regional to Global Scales

地下水是饮用水和粮食生产的重要资源。然而，地球各地的地下水正在枯竭。这次会议的重点是压力严重的地下水资源的可持续性。会议提供了讨论地下水水文学和地下水供需的场所。目标是找到实现地下水可持续性的新途径。 这些途径将纳入水法、人为压力、自然资源保护和数据分析工具。这次会议汇集了来自水文学、法律、经济学和社会科学界的不同研究人员。此次会议强调来自美国的早期职业科学家和代表性不足的科学家的积极参与和参与，这与 NSF 培养下一代科学家的目标非常契合。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，认为值得支持。

Groundwater is an important resource for drinking water and food production. However, groundwater is being depleted across Earth. This conference is focused on the sustainability of heavily stressed groundwater resources. The conference provides a venue to discuss groundwater hydrology and groundwater supply and demand. The goal is to identify new pathways toward groundwater sustainability. These pathways will incorporate water law, human-induced stresses, the protection of natural resources, and data analysis tools. The conference brings together a diverse group of researchers from the hydrology, law, economics, and social science communities. The conference emphasizes the active participation and involvement of early-career scientists and underrepresented scientists from the U.S., which is well-aligned with the NSF's goal of developing the next generation of scientists.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.