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Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable http://water.usgs.gov/wicp/acwi/swrr/. Tim Smith, Coordinator Bob Goldstein, Co-Chair. SWRR Activities. Development of principles, criteria and indicators to support decision-making Identification of opportunities for collaboration on research needs
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Sustainable Water Resources Roundtablehttp://water.usgs.gov/wicp/acwi/swrr/ Tim Smith, Coordinator Bob Goldstein, Co-Chair
SWRR Activities • Development of principles, criteria and indicators to support decision-making • Identification of opportunities for collaboration on research needs • Strategies to expand SWRR participation to states, non-profits, academia and corporations
SWRR’s Framework General Framework for Driving Forces and Underlying Processes
Sample Indicator Gross Water Availability
SWRR’s Outreach • About 300 active participants from Federal State and Local Government, Corporations, Non profits and Academia • About 550 people on distribution list • Meetings held in California, Minnesota, Michigan, Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia • Various publications and conference presentations
SWRR Future Work • Complete, revise and refine indicators for tracking the sustainability of water resources • including indicators scalable to national, state and local levels • Assist agencies • by describing the need for programs to collect the information necessary for generating indicators • Increase representation • from state & regional water management programs
SWRR’s Future Work • Expand relationships with the scientific community • to draw on the best ideas in water disciplines • to encourage research into sustainability as it relates to water resources • Consult with other programs on water-related indicators, including • National Research Council’s Key National Indicator Initiative • Council on Environmental Quality • Heinz Foundation • Others • Plan a National Forum on Sustainable Water Resources
SWRR’s Future Work • Develop a training workshop • Expand contacts in industrial community • Continue meetings to inform & involve those in different regions of the nation • Conduct Hill briefings, coordinate with EESI
Represented Sectors • Power generation • Agriculture and forestry • Urban issues • Manufacturing/industry • Ecological protection • Ethics, law and policy
Consensus Needs • Improved understanding of critical water resource processes and their impact on sustainability • Decision support models/tools • Better inventory of critical data • New monitoring technologies • Quantify “value” of water • New policy and law to manage water on regional basis • Conserve relevant specialists • Collaboration
SWRR Contacts Co chairs Rick Swanson rswanson@fs.fed.us Bob Goldstein rogoldst@epri.com Coordinator Tim Smith etsmithusa@netscape.net Manager and Facilitator David Berry Davidberry@aol.com