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The availability and quality of water is changing as a result of increasing population, urbanization, land use, and climate change, and shortages are becoming more frequent in many parts of the country. The Water and Environmental Research Systems (WATERS) Network, an initiative being considered by the National Science Foundation, could provide advances in basic science to enable the effective management of water resources. The WATERS Network would be an integrated national network of observatories and experimental facilities to support research, outreach, and education on large-scale, water-related...
The availability and quality of water is changing as a result of increasing population, urbanization, land use, and climate change, and shortages are becoming more frequent in many parts of the country. The Water and Environmental Research Systems (WATERS) Network, an initiative being considered by the National Science Foundation, could provide advances in basic science to enable the effective management of water resources. The WATERS Network would be an integrated national network of observatories and experimental facilities to support 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. This report, the final volume in a series about the WATERS project, provides a detailed review of the Science Plan and advice for effective collaboration with other federal agencies.