Water Security

水安全

• 批准号: 1000214685-2017
• 负责人: Wheater, Howard
• 金额: $ 42.5万
• 依托单位: University of Saskatchewan
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Excellence Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=643029
• 关键词: Water; Security

The world’s water resources are threatened as never before by climate change, overuse, land use changes, and pollution. Across Canada, there are increasing concerns for long- term water quality and supply both for public consumption and to support industry, agriculture, and resource development. This CERC, led by one of the world’s foremost water scientists, is an unparalleled opportunity for Canada to assume global leadership in developing new solutions to critical problems facing global and domestic water security. Capitalizing on world-class facilities and a unique breadth of expertise among more than 100 faculty and student researchers, the CERC will develop a new interdisciplinary field (“ecotoxicohydrology”) linking ecology, toxicology, and hydrology. This new science will be used to probe complex water/land/climate interactions to improve water use and management, advance water policy, and provide new tools for environmental risk assessment and remediation applicable to all types of natural resource development. Resulting new technologies and state-of-the-art modelling tools will address a wide variety of industrial and social needs including water stewardship, drought management, impacts on fishing and trapping industries, oil sands reclamation, and mine site waste management. A new CERC-led Institute for Water Security, which will draw on natural, health and social sciences and applied sciences, will explore climate change impacts on water security, land management in the face of environmental change, and sustainable resource development, using key Western Canadian river and lake sites as case studies applicable to many water security situations globally. Issues to be addressed include pollutant impacts on human health, water allocation between upstream and downstream users, and balancing competing industrial and agricultural needs. The CERC will provide unprecedented research opportunities for Canadian and international students in new holistic science, ecosystem modelling, and policy development, training the next generation of water scientists to better ensure the world’s water security. See: www.usask.ca/water

世界水资源正受到前所未有的气候变化、过度使用、土地利用变化和污染的威胁。在整个加拿大，人们越来越关注长期的水质量和供应，无论是为了公共消费，还是为了支持工业、农业和资源开发。这次CERC由世界顶尖的水科学家之一领导，对加拿大来说是一个无与伦比的机会，可以在为全球和国内水安全面临的关键问题开发新的解决方案方面发挥全球领导作用。 利用世界一流的设施和独特的专业知识 100名教职员工和学生研究人员将开发一个新的跨学科领域(“生态毒理水文学”)，将生态学、毒理学和水文学联系起来。这项新科学将用于探索复杂的水/土地/气候相互作用，以改善水的使用和管理，推进水政策，并为适用于所有类型的自然资源开发的环境风险评估和补救提供新的工具。由此产生的新技术和最先进的建模工具将满足各种工业和社会需求，包括水管理、干旱管理、对渔业和诱捕业的影响、油砂回收和矿场废物管理。 由CERC领导的一个新的水安全研究所将利用自然、健康和社会科学以及应用科学，探讨气候变化对水安全的影响、面对环境变化的土地管理以及可持续资源开发，将加拿大西部主要河流和湖泊遗址作为适用于全球许多水安全情况的案例研究。需要解决的问题包括污染物对人类健康的影响，上下游用户之间的水分配，以及平衡相互竞争的工业和农业需求。 CERC将为加拿大和国际学生在新的整体科学、生态系统建模和政策制定方面提供前所未有的研究机会，培养下一代水科学家，以更好地确保世界水安全。 参见：www.usask.ca/water