Finding, Defining, and Funding Future Federal Advisory Committee Efforts in the Face of Financial Difficulties
Finding, Defining, and Funding Future Federal Advisory Committee Efforts in the Face of Financial Difficulties
Presented on Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The Subcommittee on Ground Water (SOGW) of the federal Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI) has had the sole purpose of implementing the National Groundwater Monitoring Network (NGWMN). In addition to leading the development and implementation of the NGWMN, the SOGW has started to consider other challenges in groundwater data collection to assist the ACWI in providing guidance and advice to the federal government. Several challenges could be taken on by the SOGW, and thus feedback from Summit participants is needed, including listing and definition of the challenges, ranking them and setting priorities, facilitating coordination and collaboration, and identifying “next steps”. Topics already suggested include the use of remote sensing data, such as gravity and GPR; adding groundwater flow data to the NGWMN, including water supply extraction, spring flow, and stream base flow; incorporating real-time data for complementing “snapshot” data, for water levels as well as groundwater quality, from in-line sensors; and, inclusion of data from various regulatory programs, such as SDWA/UIC, CERCLA, RCRA, etc. Feedback will be compiled and reported to the SOGW for consideration, and an update will be provided through appropriate NGWA channels-of-communication.
Robert P. Schreiber, PE, BCEE, D.WRE
Water Resources, CDM Smith, Boston, MA
Robert Schreiber is a registered professional engineer with more than 39 years of experience in water resource planning and computerized engineering analysis. He graduated from MIT's Civil Engineering Department where he focused on groundwater hydrology and water resource systems analysis. He is a senior technical leader specializing in modeling of groundwater flow and contaminant fate and transport, and serves as a company-wide resource at CDM Smith. Schreiber was recently ASCE's alternate representative to the Federal Advisory Committee on Water Information, and is co-chair of its Subcommittee on Ground Water, focusing on implementation of a National Ground-Water Monitoring Network.
Christine Reimer
Government Affairs, National Ground Water Association, Westerville, OH
Christine Reimer is Director of NGWA’s Government Affairs Program. In that role, she directs the Association’s Washington representatives at Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz. She also serves as liaison to the membership and the Government Affairs Committee. Under the oversight and review of the NGWA Board of Directors, the Government Affairs Committee, through its many subcommittees and task forces, establishes the Association’s federal legislative and regulatory agenda and develops the Association’s official policy on issues. Reimer is a certified paralegal.