2011 Ground Water Summit and 2011 Ground Water Protection Council Spring Meeting

Developing EPA's Safe and Sustainable Water Resources Research Program

Tuesday, May 3, 2011: 4:40 p.m.
Annapolis/Baltimore (Hyatt Regency Baltimore on the Inner Harbor)
Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta*, Ph.D., U.S. EPA ;

EPA is developing its SSWR program to seek sustainable solutions to the greatest issues facing our nation's water resources in the 21st century.  EPA is realigning its research programs to apply principles of integrated transdisciplinary research (ITR), systems thinking, and innovation to improve the effectiveness and impact of ORD scientific contributions  This session will cover EPA's overall research realignment work, with particular focus on the development and status of the SSWR program.