Hyporheic Network - a Knowledge Transfer Network on Hyporheic Zone Processes

地下水/地表水的相互作用，以及对含水层和河流界面上的水和污染物通量的控制，是控制河流走廊化学和生态质量的重要因素。近年来，越来越多的研究发表在这个界面上，这是众所周知的潜流区（Sophocleous 2002）的过程。然而，很少有人采取真正的多学科方法，将物理，化学和生物学研究结合在潜流区。英国有机会发挥带头作用。了解地下水/地表水界面的过程已被英国地质调查局、CEH和环境署（Smith 2005）确定为优先研究领域; NERC的优先事项目前正在审查中，我们预计这一领域将继续包括在内，因为它是当前可持续水管理的科学优先事项。为了更好地理解这一系统，有必要将来自一系列科学学科的工作者聚集在一起。此外，未来研究的优先次序需要研究人员和科学最终用户之间更好的参与。我们将建立一个关于地下水/地表水相互作用的知识转移网络，特别侧重于潜流过程。该网络将使研究人员能够与科学最终用户见面（反之亦然），以传播现有知识，并确定最终用户在这一领域的研究优先事项。特别是它将汇集水文学家，生态学家，地球化学家，地貌学家和水文地质学家，以确定新的跨学科研究的机会。该网络将提供一个论坛，供学术界直接向感兴趣的科学最终用户交流其研究成果，并供这些科学用户向研究界通报其优先事项。新的研究团队将与最终用户团体合作，开发新的和令人兴奋的研究提案。该网络将举办一系列讲习班和会议，传播最近的研究成果，我们将为一些年轻研究人员参加这些讲习班提供财政支助，以鼓励他们参加。我们将开发和维护一个网站，分发关于潜流带的报告和信息，我们打算使该网站成为关于潜流带所有方面的国际研究和信息的门户。该网络的主要目标之一是写一本关于潜流区的书，这将把最新的研究成果转化为对河流管理者有用的建议。拟议的网络已经得到了一系列研究人员的承诺，包括水文学家、生态学家、水化学家、水文地质学家、水文地质学家和地貌学家。有兴趣参与该网络的科学最终用户群体包括政府（政策制定者和监管机构），大型工业公司，咨询公司，非政府组织以及国际大学和组织。

Groundwater / surface water interactions, and the controls on water and pollutant flux across the interface of aquifers and rivers, are important factors controlling the chemical and ecological quality of river corridors. An increasing body of research has been published in recent years on processes acting at this interface, which is known as the hyporheic zone (Sophocleous 2002). However, few have adopted a truly multidisciplinary approach, which integrate physical, chemical and biological investigations in the hyporheic zone. There is an opportunity for the UK to take a lead. Understanding processes at the groundwater / surface water interface has been identified as a priority research area the British Geological Survey, CEH and the Environment Agency (Smith 2005); NERC's priorities are currently being reviewed and we expect this area to remain included, as it is in the current science priorities for Sustainable Water Management. In order to understand this system better it is necessary to bring together workers from a range of scientific disciplines. Furthermore, prioritisation of future research requires better engagement between researchers and science end-users. We will establish a Knowledge Transfer Network on groundwater / surface water interactions, with a specific focus on hyporheic processes. The Hyporheic Network will allow researchers to meet with science end-users (and vice versa), in order to disseminate existing knowledge, and to identify the end-user priorities for research in this area. In particular it will bring together hydrologists, ecologists, geochemists, geomorphologists and hydrogeologists in order to identify opportunities for novel cross-disciplinary research. The Hyporheic Network will provide a forum for academics to communicate their research findings directly to interested science end-users, and for those science-users to inform the research community of their priorities. New research teams will be created to develop new and exciting research proposals, in collaboration with end-user groups. The Network will run a series of workshops and meetings that will disseminate recent research and we will provide financial support a number of young researchers to attend these workshops, in order to encourage them to participate. We will develop and maintain a website to distribute reports and information on the hyporheic zone, and we intend that the website will become a portal for international research and information on all aspects of the hyporheic zone. One of the major goals of the network is to write a book on the hyporheic zone, which will turn the latest research into usable advice for river managers. The proposed Network already has commitment from a range of researchers, including hydrologists, ecologist, hydrochemists, hydrogeologists, hydrogeophysicists and geomorphologists. Science end-user groups interested in engaging with the Network include government (both policy makers and regulatory agencies), large industrial companies, consulting companies, non-governmental organisations, and international universities and organisations.