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Title: Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable http:water'usgs'govwicpacwiswrr


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Sustainable Water Resources Roundtablehttp//wate
r.usgs.gov/wicp/acwi/swrr/
  • Tim Smith, Coordinator
  • Bob Goldstein, Co-Chair

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SWRR convened meetings during 2002-2004.Active
Sponsors include
  • Interior Dept
  • Electric Power Research Inst
  • EPA
  • NOAA
  • State of Minnesota
  • CEQ
  • Agriculture Dept
  • Univ Council On Water Resources
  • Water Environ Fed
  • Ecol Soc of Amer
  • AWRA
  • Univ. CA Santa Barbara

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Major Actions
  • Meetings in Dec.2002, June 2003, Nov.2003,
    Mar.2004, June 2004, Sep.2004
  • Sessions at July 2003 UCOWR conference
  • Recommendations for water indicators at Jan.2004
    Natl Conference on Science Environment
  • Talk at July 2004 UCOWR conference
  • Ongoing outreach effort to public and private
    sector WEFTEC.04 05, AWRA04

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Reports Publications
  • All meeting proceedings on web site
  • Water Resources Update, issue 127, Feb.2004,
    UCOWR
  • Water Environment Technology, June 2004, Water
    Environment Federation

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Work Groups
  • Developing a conceptual model of water
    sustainability
  • Compiling existing water indicators from other
    efforts
  • Identifying criteria for water sustainability
  • Defining what research is needed about
    sustainability

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A Criteria Indicators Model
Goal
Sustainability of Water Resources
Ecological System
Social System
Economic System
Criteria
System Condition or Capacity
Sub-criteria
Indicator Categories
Human Health
Water Quality
Water Hazards
Processes
Outputs
Indicators
Human Effects
Ecosystem Effects
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Draft Model Outline
  • Ecological System
  • Capacity to make water of appropriate quality
    quantity available to support ecosystems.
  • b. Integrity of ecosystems.
  • Social System
  • Social well-being resulting from use of water
    resources.
  • Social well-being resulting from use of
    water-related ecological resources.
  • Social conditions that impact water resources.
  • Social capacity for management of water related
    land resources.
  • Economic System
  • a. Capacity to make water of appropriate
    quality quantity available for human uses.
  • Economic well-being resulting from use of water
    affected land resources.
  • Capacity to achieve economic value from the use
    of water related ecological resources.
  • Capacity to manage land use to maintain or
    enhance quality or quantity of water.

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Future Activities
  • Report to ACWI by Oct.2005 on conditions trends
    in water resources that affect long-term
    sustainability
  • Forest Service plans use of SWRR info for their
    2005 Resources Planning Act effort
  • Identifying national and regional conferences for
    SWRR presentations and sessions
  • Continuing SWRR meetings to identify issues and
    indicators

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Palo Alto Meeting
  • EPRI Palo Alto Office
  • March 2-3, 2004
  • Approximately 40 attendees
  • Most attendees from CA
  • Diverse organizational representation federal
    and state agencies, universities, industry,
    nonprofit research, consulting, environmentalists

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Selected Key Presentations
  • Peter Gleick Pacific Institute
  • Larry Flowers NREL
  • Toby OGreen UC Davis
  • Bob Wilkerson _ UC Santa Barbara
  • William Alley USGS
  • Robin Newmark LLNL
  • Carl Chen Systech Engineering
  • Sujoy Roy Tetra Tech
  • Bill Mills Tetra Tech

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Latest Congressional Legislation Concentrates on
Technology Development
  • National Water Technology RD Program, (S.2658,
    Domenici, Bingaman, Craig, Durbin, Feinstein, and
    others)
  • Establishes within DOE a research and development
    program to improve access to existing and
    untapped water resources
  • Major elements include
  • Focus on water supply technology development and
    technology transfer
  • Regional Centers, focused on Labs/University
    partnerships
  • Specified RD themes for each Lab/University
    partnership
  • Block grants to regions, plus competitive and
    cost-shared funding
  • Policy Institute (UNM)
  • Program Coordinator (SNL) and Advisory Panel
  • Ultimately, 225M/yr for 5 years
  • Companion House Bill (H.R. 4835, Pombo, Calvert,
    Pearce, Wilson, and others)
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