Water Science and Technology Board and Its Activities

水科学技术委员会及其活动

• 批准号: 2320884
• 负责人: Deborah Glickson
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: National Academy of Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2028-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2320884&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Water; Science; Technology; Board; Its

This NSF award will provide core support for the activities of the Water Science and Technology Board (WSTB) of the Division on Earth and Life Studies of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). WSTB provides an important convening function for discussion and sharing of knowledge among academia, government, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector on topics of relevance to water science, engineering, technology, and policy. WSTB organizes two public meetings each year and oversees a range of consensus studies, workshops, and other activities through agreements with federal agencies and other sponsors. At its semiannual meetings, the Board invites presentations, and coordinates discussions on significant and emerging water-related topics of national and global importance. Proposed topics of discussion during this award period will include the impact of climate change and associated extreme weather events (e.g., droughts, floods, and wildfires) on water quantity, quality, and availability from both a hydrological and engineering perspective; innovative surveillance methods for contaminants of emerging concern (CECs); environmental justice and inequities in drinking water and wastewater resource allocation and management; and the co-production of knowledge on water resources management in collaboration with relevant stakeholders and holders of traditional bodies of knowledge including Indigenous, rural, and underrepresented communities. During this award period, WSTB will also leverage NSF core support funding to seek out opportunities to engage with other federal agencies. This strategic engagement will enable WSTB to better understand the federal water landscape and provide both WSTB and NSF with opportunities to identify synergies on water related crosscutting grand challenges and research needs as the Nation develops and implements a plan to achieve water security under a changing climate. Water is essential to the existence of all forms of life. In the United States, the development of water infrastructure has expanded the control and immediate availability of water resources well beyond their natural surface or subsurface boundaries, but also often beyond their natural capacities for replenishment. The societal need of clean water for potable, agricultural, and industrial usages rely on continuing to advance technology, but also on a deep understanding of the global water cycle and its interactions with other natural Earth systems. This is becoming ever more urgent with climate change and changing land use patterns (causing or exacerbating extreme weather events such as drought, flooding, wildfires, and aridification), and with the increasing contamination of surface water systems and groundwater aquifers with contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) such as PFAS and microplastic waste. The Water Science and Technology Board (WSTB) was established in 1982 to oversee and conduct water-related activities at the National Academies. This charge is broad, covering all aspects of water science, engineering, technology, and policy. As a standing body, WSTB combines decades of professional expertise with a unique neutral convening forum that allows it to provide a scientific and technological foundation for stewardship of water resources in the Unites States and beyond. Broad themes that WSTB might explore during this NSF award period will include impacts of climate change (such as drought, flooding, wildfire, and aridification) on water availability and quality; environmental justice and water equity for underserved populations; next generation drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater systems; water reallocation and reuse; managed aquifer recharge; impact of emerging contaminants (e.g. PFAS and micro/nano plastics) on water quality and availability; floodplain management; water systems engineering; aquatic ecosystem functioning and restoration; and legal, economic, and regulatory aspects of waterbodies. These are examples of areas where near-term input and engagement from the water science and engineering community would be critical as the Nation develops and implements a plan to achieve water security in the 21st century. This award is co-funded by the NSF CBET Environmental Engineering and EAR Hydrologic Sciences programs.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.

该NSF奖将为水科学技术委员会（WSTB）的活动提供核心支持，而国家科学学院，工程和医学学院（NASEM）的生活研究和生命研究。 WSTB提供了重要的召集功能，用于讨论和共享学术界，政府，非政府组织以及私营部门与水科学，工程，技术和政策相关的主题。 WSTB每年组织两次公开会议，并通过与联邦机构和其他赞助商的协议监督一系列共识研究，讲习班和其他活动。在半年度会议上，董事会邀请演讲，并就国民和全球重要性的重要和新兴的水相关主题进行协调讨论。从水文和工程的角度来看，该奖项期间提议的讨论主题将包括气候变化和相关的极端天气事件（例如干旱，洪水和野火）对水量，质量和可用性的影响；新兴关注的污染物（CEC）的创新监视方法；环境正义和饮用水和废水资源分配和管理的不平等；以及与传统知识的相关利益相关者和持有人合作的知识，包括土著，农村和代表性不足的社区。在此奖励期间，WSTB还将利用NSF核心支持资金来寻求与其他联邦机构互动的机会。这种战略参与将使WSTB能够更好地理解联邦水景，并为WSTB和NSF提供机会，以确定与水相关的交叉挑战和研究需求的协同作用，因为国家在不断变化的气候下制定了一项计划，以实现水安全。水对于存在各种形式的生活至关重要。在美国，水基础设施的发展扩大了远远超出其自然表面或地下边界的水资源的控制和立即可用性，但通常也超出了其自然能力以进行补充。对饮用水，农业和工业用途的清洁水的社会需求取决于继续推进技术，同时也深刻了解全球水周期及其与其他天然地球系统的相互作用。随着气候变化和土地利用方式的变化（导致或加剧了极端天气事件，例如干旱，洪水，野火和干旱化），这变得越来越紧迫，并且随着地表供水系统和地表水系统和地下水含水层的污染日益增加，而污染物（例如PFAS和微纤维浮肿）的污染物（CEC）。水科学技术委员会（WSTB）成立于1982年，以监督和在国家学院进行与水有关的活动。这项费用广泛，涵盖了水科学，工程，技术和政策的各个方面。作为一个站立的身体，WSTB将数十年的专业知识与一个独特的中性召集论坛相结合，该论坛使其能够为在Unites州及以后的水资源管理方面提供科学和技术基础。 WSTB可能在此NSF奖励期间可能探索的广泛主题将包括气候变化（例如干旱，洪水，野火和干旱化）对水的供应和质量的影响；服务不足的人口的环境正义和水平公平；下一代饮用水，废水和雨水系统；水重新分配和再利用；托管含水层补给；新兴污染物（例如PFA和微型/纳米塑料）对水质和可用性的影响；洪泛区管理；水系统工程；水生生态系统的功能和恢复；以及水体的法律，经济和监管方面。这些是水科学和工程社区的近期投入和参与的领域的例子，因为国家制定并实施了一项计划在21世纪实现水安全的计划。该奖项由NSF CBET环境工程和耳朵水文科学计划共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准，认为值得通过评估来获得支持。