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Review of the WATERS Network Science Plan
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One of the most critical issues facing the United States today is the proper management of our water resources. Water availability and qual- ity are changing due to increasing population, urbanization, and land use and climate change, and shortages in water supply have been increasing in frequency in many parts of the country. The National Science Foun- dation (NSF) has entertained the Water and Environmental Research Systems (WATERS) Network as one possible initiative whereby NSF could provide the advances in the basic science needed to respond effec- tively to the challenge of managing water resources. The WATERS Network, a joint initiative of the Engineering, the Geosciences, and the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences direc- torates at NSF, is envisioned as an integrated national network of obser- vatories and experimental facilities supporting research, outreach, and education on large-scale, water-related environmental problems. The proposed observatories would provide researchers with access to linked sensing networks, data repositories, and computational tools connected through high-performance computing and telecommunications networks. Because of the magnitude of this envisioned network, NSF proposed that the WATERS Network be built using funds from the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) appropriation, which is available to NSF to support the acquisition, construction, and upgrading of major research equipment and facilities.
978-0-309-15313-3
NONE
Social Science
English
2010
1-81
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