USGS Seeking Comments on Freshwater Resources Report
The United State Geological Survey is requesting comments on the draft report to Congress titled ``Strengthening the Scientific Understanding of Climate Change Impacts on Freshwater Resources of the United States.''
ACWA is collecting comments on this report from its member agencies until close of business on April 15th. If you have feedback, please email your comments to: kgoree@sso.org.
The request for comment is below. The full report can be viewed here.
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Subject: Request for comments on the report "Strengthening the Scientific Understanding of Climate Change Impacts on Freshwater Resources of the United States"
A team of Federal agencies with freshwater resource management and monitoring responsibilities is seeking public review and comment on a draft report to Congress titled ``Strengthening the Scientific Understanding of Climate Change Impacts on Freshwater Resources of the United States.''
The draft report reviews key issues related to freshwater resource data and climate change and identifies next steps to improve the Nation's capacity to detect and predict changes in freshwater resources that are likely to result from a changing climate. The report was prepared in response to Section 9506 of Public Law 111-11 by an interagency team of water data program managers and scientists.
The interagency team cooperated with the Subcommittee on Water Availability and Quality (SWAQ), an interagency subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Sustainability (CENRS), and the Federal Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force and its Water Resources Workgroup. The interagency team also collaborated with a range of interested parties including the Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI).
This draft report is available on the Internet at http://acwi.gov/Rpt.Congress3.18.11.pdf. Comments are due April 22.
You may submit comments by:
• E-mail: tschertz@usgs.gov. Include “9506 Report” in the subject line of the message.
• Mail: Send the original and three copies of your comments to:
T. Shertz
U.S. Geological Survey
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 412
Reston, VA 20192
