EAGER: Initiating a Transformative Building Water System Research Collaborative in Rapid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

2039498（惠尔顿）。在现代历史上，没有其他时间超过560万美国建筑物的用水量很低或根本没有，这可能会在全国范围内造成广泛的化学和微生物健康风险。目前还不清楚这些全国性的水停滞事件将如何影响水质并最终影响公共健康。此外，关于长期缺水后有效恢复供水系统做法的数据和信息更少。该项目的目标是迅速组织和领导全国范围内的建筑水系统研究协作，与多个机构合作，重点是在研究界和公众中产生和分享新知识。该合作将通过一系列具有共同重点的跨学科团队之间的正式互动来分享前沿知识，协议，最佳分析实践，大数据和现场实践。由于健康问题的加剧，建筑系统的复杂性以及各种调查方法和报告，有可能使公众感到困惑和失去信心，因为研究一次发表一个，没有背景。因此，促进合作和研究人员分享知识以获得更广泛的理解符合公众的最佳利益。这种合作将有助于促进对基础发现的更深入关注，促进正在开发的知识的快速共享，并避免科学界的潜在困惑。目前，还没有正式的机制，使各机构能够真实的实时分享有关水系统建设的方法、初步成果、研究和沟通策略。也没有为应对灾害的研究人员提供培训，以获得相关科学传播的专业知识-在传播之前。这一努力将有助于将美国的研究工作集中到一个共同的合作中，从而最大限度地提高其稳健性，并最大限度地发挥多项研究结果的影响力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

2039498 (Whelton). There's been no other time in modern history where more than 5.6 million U.S. buildings have low to no water use, offering potentially widespread chemical and microbial health risks across the nation. It is unclear how these nationwide water stagnation events will impact water quality and ultimately public health. Furthermore, there is even less data and communication about effective water system rehabilitation practices following prolonged water stagnation. The goal of this project is to rapidly organize and lead a nation-wide Building Water Systems Research Collaborative with multiple institutions focused on generating and sharing new knowledge within the research community and with the public. The collaborative will share cutting-edge knowledge, protocols, best analytical practices, big data, and field practices through a series of formal interactions amongst an interdisciplinary team with a common focus. Because of heightened health concerns, building system complexity, and a variety of investigative approaches and reporting, there is potential for public confusion and loss of confidence as studies are published one at a time without context. Thus, it is in the public's best interest that collaborations be fueled and researchers share knowledge towards a broader understanding. This collaborative will help catalyze a deeper focus on fundamental discovery, facilitate rapid sharing of knowledge being developed, and also stave off potential confusion from the scientific community. Currently, there's no formal mechanism by which institutions share methods, preliminary results, research, and communication strategies in real time about building water systems. There also is no training for researchers responding to a disaster to gain expertise on relevant science communication – before communicating. This effort will help focus U.S. research efforts into a common collaborative, thereby maximizing their robustness, and impact of results from multiple studies.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.