Review of the WATERS Network Science Plan (2010) / Chapter Skim
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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)
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The plan outlines the opportunity to collect, analyze, and integrate hydrologic, environmental science and engineering, and social science data at a level that has not previously been possible. Overall, the committee finds that the presentation of the overarching science question and the three grand challenges in hydrology, engineering, and social sciences provides compelling arguments in support of the WATERS Network.
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Alternatively, a different funding mechanism within NSF might be considered, if feasible, for establishing a phased network of observatories that could address the questions posed in the WATERS Science Plan while taking better advantage of advances in technology over time. The committee finds the high-level vision for science to be well done in the Science Plan, but as the WATERS Network moves ahead through conceptual design phase, a much more detailed "science plan" will need to be developed in parallel with the design.
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Interactions and relationships that are developed in a coordinated and planned way will have more impact than ad hoc opportunism by individual scientists. OVERARCHING CONCLUSIONS The WATERS Network Science Plan outlines a compelling vision for ways in which new, integrative hydrologic, environmental science and engineering, and social science research can help address pressing water management concerns while advancing water science and education.
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Summary 5 government and nongovernment agencies and organizations at an early stage.
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