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Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable watergs/wicp/acwi/swrr/

Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable http://water.usgs.gov/wicp/acwi/swrr/. Tim Smith 703-860-1038 Etsmithusa@netscape.net. Bureau of Land Mgmt Electric Power Research Inst Envir Protection Agy Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin. Office of Policy Analysis, DOI

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Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable watergs/wicp/acwi/swrr/

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  1. Sustainable Water Resources Roundtablehttp://water.usgs.gov/wicp/acwi/swrr/ Tim Smith 703-860-1038 Etsmithusa@netscape.net

  2. Bureau of Land Mgmt Electric Power Research Inst Envir Protection Agy Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin Office of Policy Analysis, DOI Univ Council On Water Resources Forest Service Geological Survey Water Environment Federation convened meetings in 2002 and 2003 in Washington area

  3. Major Actions • Revised Terms of Reference for ACWI review • Meetings in Dec.2002 and June 2003 • Sessions at July 2003 UCOWR conference • Special issue in progress of Water Resources Update (UCOWR) • Ongoing outreach effort to public and private sector

  4. 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

  5. Future Activities • SWRR meetings in Nov.2003 and Feb.2004 (Palo Alto regional meeting) • Nov.2003 regional meeting at Harvard conference Ecological Engineering for Integrated Water Management • Identifying national and regional conferences for SWRR presentations and sessions

  6. Terms of Reference for ACWI review • Draft compiled by those from federal & state government and the private sector • Scope includes developing national level water indicators • Report to ACWI by Oct.2005 on conditions & trends in water resources that affect long-term sustainability • Describes the role of Co-chairs & Steering Committee

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