Core Support of the Water Science and Technology Board

0517877帕克国家研究理事会（NRC）的水科学和技术委员会（WSTB）是国家科学院和国家工程院主持下与水资源各个方面相关的研究的协调中心。WSTB的目标是改善科学和技术基础，以解决与有效管理和利用地下水和地表水资源有关的重要国家问题。在履行其职责和为国家利益服务时，该委员会通过对水资源方面的具体和一般问题进行特别研究，对要求进行评价和提供咨询意见的请求作出回应。它通过发起对值得公共机构和其他机构考虑的问题的研究来影响行动，并确定与水资源有关的问题和研究主题。在其中的一些工作中，WSTB与国家研究理事会的其他单位以及国家研究理事会以外有共同利益的团体合作。

0517877ParkerThe Water Science and Technology Board (WSTB) of the National Research Council (NRC) is the focal point for studies related to all aspects of water resources under the aegis of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. The WSTB's objective is to improve the scientific and technological basis for resolving important national questions and issues associated with the efficient management and use of ground and surface water resources. In carrying out its responsibilities and in serving the national interest, the Board responds to requests for evaluations and advice through ad hoc studies concerning specific and generic issues in water resources. It influences action by initiating studies of issues that merit consideration by public agencies and others, and it identifies issues and topics of research related to water resources. In some of these efforts, the WSTB cooperates with other units of the National Research Council and groups with mutual interests outside of the National Research Council.