Advisory Committee on Water Information

Mark A. Limbaugh, ACWI ChairAssistant Secretary for Water and ScienceU.S. Department of the Interior

Robert M. Hirsch, ACWI Alternate ChairAssociate Director for WaterU.S. Geological Survey

Toni M. Johnson, ACWI Executive SecretaryChief, USGS Water Information Coordination Program

Judith B. Griffin, NWQMC Executive SecretaryNational Water Quality Monitoring CouncilUSGS Committee Management Specialist

FY 2006% MembersV- Vacancy

30%

11% 22%

33%

4%

FederalState-CtyProf Assoc

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 InformationSubcommittees

Methods and DataComparability Board

Subcommittee on

Sedimentation

Work Groups

Sustainable WaterResources Roundtable

Work Groups

Work Groups

Work Groups

* Also reports to Federal Geographic Data Committee

Work Groups Reporting October 2006

National Water Quality Monitoring Council

Hydrology

Standards Hydrologic FrequencyAnalysis

Task Group on Hydrology

Modeling

Water InformationStrategies

Hydrologic Unit

Delineation

Methods and DataComparability Board

Collaboration andOutreach

National Monitoring Network Steering Comm.

* SpatialWater Data

* FGDC Wetland MappingStandard

* Also Reports to Fed Geog Data Comm. + Also Reports to Fed Coord for Meteorology

GroundWater

Monitoring

Proposed

+ Satellite Telemetry

New

Proposed Subcommittee on Ground Water Monitoring

Assure ground water receives the monitoring & assessment attention that it deserves, given its importance for water supply and the sustenance of ecological, riverine, lacustrine, estuarine, and coastal resources. Develop a consistent, nationwide monitoring & assessment program leading to an accurate estimation of stored volume, availability, & sustainability across the U.S.

Actions for ACWI Proposed Subcommittee on

Ground Water Monitoring

Request ACWI Feedback on focus and

scope of subgroup, in particular about:o Including Water Quality as well as Quantity

o Specifying Relationship to NWQMC

Subcommittee on Hydrology

Improve the availability &

reliability of surface water

quantity information needed

for hazard mitigation, water

supply and demand manage-

ment, & environmental

protection.

The STIWG user group for the Geostationary, Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Data Collection System (DCS) advises NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS) on matters concerning satellite data relay user requirements for hydrologic, meteorologic, oceanic, and environmental data & promotes current information exchange among agencies to benefit the GOES DCS community.

Satellite Telemetry Interagency Working Group (STIWG)

Actions for ACWISubcommittee on Hydrology Satellite Telemetry Interagency

Working Group (STIWG) Seek ACWI support for the STIWG Proposal to:

Improve the reliability of GOES DCS to assure availability of data.

Revive an involved STIWG partnership with NOAA in the strategic planning process of the DCS portion of GOES and the DCS Automated Processing System (DAPS).

Reclassify the GOES DCS from an ancillary to a primary system status within NOAA priorities.

ACWI ACTION ITEM RE GOES/DCS

At the ACWI Interim Meeting, October 4, 2006, the Satellite Telemetry Interagency Working Group (STIWG) gave a presentation on several issues related to NOAA’s support of the GOES DCS. Because ACWI agrees that the GOES DCS is such a critical system for collecting real-time environmental data, the ACWI requests that the appropriate NOAA senior management meet with representatives of the STIWG, develop a collaborative strategy to address these issues, and provide a summary of this strategy at the next ACWI meeting (January 17-18, 2007).

National Water QualityMonitoring Council

Provide a national forum for

coordination of consistent &

scientifically defensible methods

and strategies to improve water

quality monitoring, assessment &

reporting. Promote partnerships

to foster collaboration, advance

the science, & improve

management within all elements

of the water quality monitoring

Community.

National Monitoring Network

Develop a National

Monitoring Network that

coordinates and expands

existing efforts, includes

coverage in both coastal

waters & the upland areas that

affect them, and is linked to

the Integrated Ocean

Observing System (IOOS).

Actions for ACWINational Water Quality Monitoring Council

National Monitoring Network

We anticipate that ACWI, through the NWQMC, will continue to provide oversight, guidance and support toward the implementation of pilot efforts.

The Network Steering Committee will continue to work with the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Science and Integrated Resource Management (ICOSRMI).

Subcommittee on Spatial Water Data

The Subcommittee –

reporting jointly to the

Federal Geographic Data

Committee – develops water

resources components of the

National Spatial Data

Infrastructure.

Wetland Mapping Standard

A new workgroup of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC): – To develop and finalize a national standard for mapping wetlands at multiple time-frames.

-- To facilitate mapping by various entities and integrate data into the NWI Geodatabase and delivery to the National map.

-- To ensure consistency in updating wetlands maps while preserving availability of older, historic, baseline wetlands maps for change assessment.

Upcoming ACWI Annual Meeting January 17-18, 2007

• ACWI 2007 Annual Meeting HighlightsFull two daysPresentations from all 8 Subgroups

o Report from NOAA on GOES/DCSo Ground Water Monitoring Terms of Reference

Special Presentations and Panel Discussions that are of interest to ACWI members – for which we welcome your suggestions.

ACWI 2007 Membership renewal process

Renewal Application Procedure

All ACWI Member Organizations must be renewed or new nominations prepared by March 30, 2007 for approval by Secy of Interior prior to Nov. 1, 2007Existing member organizations who wish to renew

will be requested to send a signed letter. Identify whether current Rep/Alt will continue, or

wish to nominate replacements?Each identified Rep & Alt must complete Interior’s

nomination form and attach brief resume.Nominations for new organizations to fill vacancies

will be solicited from Fed and non-Fed ACWI members, and via Federal Register Notice.

Interim Meeting October 4, 2006

Thank you for your active participation. We hope you find the information shared today to be beneficial to you and to the organizations you represent.