Topic Area 3. Water Management and Planning

Water management and planning Critical challenge: Effective planning for critical water infrastructure Solution: Resilient traditional and non-traditional infrastructure Consider and analyze alternatives with multi-criteria analysis Needs: Assessment of existing infrastructure Appropriate accounting of risk and uncertainty Show success with technology with case studies Identification of constraints – triple bottom line Consider trans-boundary issues

Critical challenge: Implementation of critical water infrastructure Water management and planning Critical challenge: Implementation of critical water infrastructure Solutions: Integrate data, modeling, and information dissemination (DSS) Consider new interdisciplinary approaches to building public awareness and confidence Needs: Determine model for sustainability and low impact Improved seasonal and short term forecasts to prepare the society for extreme events Address risk and uncertainty

Critical challenge: Support of critical water infrastructure Water management and planning Critical challenge: Support of critical water infrastructure Solutions: Taking advantage of big data Linking measurement and management Develop tools that will provide scientific credibility and social confidence Needs: Increase access to appropriate data and information Sharing data utilizing models and tools derived from rapidly developing Information Enhance sustainability: stakeholder support

Durrell Declaration On June 13-14, 2016 a group of experts met at Colorado State University to analyze pressures on global water resources and identify needed solutions, actions, and responsibilities. Needs are to: Improve water governance with objective science and policy to overcome disorder, confusion and deprivation; Galvanize the power of interdisciplinary science between climate science, hydrology, ecology, management and public policy; Respond to uncertainty and risk by greater understanding of climate futures and institutional responses; Exploit data resources to produce actionable knowledge on a global basis; and Advance the global service mission with new interdisciplinary knowledge applied toward water and climate related challenges.

Implications for Colorado State University Initiate new faculty activities in water governance and policy by integrating science, engineering and the social sciences (faculty); Focus on research in climate forecasting and early warning tools related to extreme events (research); Focus on integrative knowledge across atmospheric sciences, water resources and human dimensions of water management (research); Focus on exploitation of big data to promote global information sharing, visualization and decision support (information technology); Advance the university service and outreach mission through vigorous international scientific cooperation (engagement).