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Advisory Committee on Water Information
2005 Interim Status
September 14, 2005
USGS National Center Auditorium
FY 2005% MembersV- Vacancy
37%
11% 20%
29%
3%
FederalState-LocalNon-Profit
IndustryUniversity
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National Water Quality
MonitoringCouncil
National Liaison Committee
for NAWQA
Subcommitteeon Hydrology
Subcommittee ٭on Spatial Water
Data
Advisory Committee on Water InformationSubgroups / Task Forces
Methods and DataComparability Board
Subcommittee on
Sedimentation
Work Groups
Sustainable WaterResources Roundtable
2004 Task Forceon CooperativeWater Program
Work Groups
Work Groups
Work Groups
* Also reports to Federal Geographic Data Committee
National Water Quality Monitoring CouncilWork Groups
National Water Quality Monitoring Council
Water Information Strategies
Methods And Data Comparability Board
Watershed Components Interactions
Collaboration and Outreach
National Monitoring Network
National Water Quality Monitoring CouncilWork Groups
National Water Quality Monitoring Network
Steering Committee
Network Design
Methods and Data Comparability
Inventory of Monitoring
Data Management and Access
National Monitoring Network
Develop a National Monitoring Network that coordinates and expands existing efforts, includes coverage in both coastal waters and the upland areas that affect them, and is linked to the Integrated
Ocean Observing System.
Actions for ACWINational Water Quality Monitoring Network for U.S. Coast and Upland WatershedsConcur with approach for project, including
preliminary Network DesignUnderstand limitations of Report, Design and
Network given time frame and limited resourcesAccept outline for January Report to CEQ, SWAQ
and ACWIProvide any further comments in writing by
October 15, 2005
National Water Quality Monitoring CouncilWork Groups
National Water Quality Monitoring Council
Water Information Strategies
Methods And Data Comparability Board
Watershed Components Interactions
Collaboration and Outreach
National Monitoring Network
Methods and Data Comparability Board Work Groups
Biology and Microbiology
Outreach and Publicity
Water-Quality Data Elements
Performance-Based Systems (PBS)
National Environmental Methods Index (NEMI)
Laboratory and Field Accreditation
Nutrients
New Technologies
Water Quality Data Elements
Develop and recommend a core set of data elements for voluntarily reporting water quality monitoring results, to facilitate sharing of comparable data, while recognizing the objectives of individual programs.
Actions for ACWIWater Quality Data Elements (WQDE)
and WQDE Guide
Approve revised biological data elements
(toxicity, population)Agree to publication of revised Guide as a
Council Technical Report.
Sustainable WaterResources Roundtable
Serves as a forum to share information and perspectives that will promote better decision making regarding the sustainable development of our Nation's water resources.
Actions for ACWISustainable Water Resources Roundtable
Draft Preliminary Report
Agree to publication of this preliminary report by the U.S. Forest Service this fiscal year (i.e., would go to press September 30).
Provide comments on usefulness of information, and continuation of efforts on water sustainability criteria, indicators and research
2004 Task Force on the USGS Cooperative Water Program
Assess the effectiveness of USGS in addressing the recommendations of the 1999 Coop Review Task Force. Suggest continued actions to be taken by the USGS to more fully implement the recommendations of the 1999 Report.