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Present at the Creation:
Water Resources and the
Cyber-infrastructure
Revolution
Don Cline
Director, National Water Center
National Weather Service, NOAA
Why? Life and Property
Water Security
Economic well-being
What? Actionable, well-integrated water intelligence
Where? Global to street level
How? Cyber-infrastructure
When? Now
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Global Water Security During the next 10 years:
many countries important to the United States will experience water problemsshortages, poor water quality, or floodsthat will risk instability and state failure, increase regional tensions, and distract them from working with the United States on important US policy objectives.
Between now and 2040:
fresh water availability will not keep up with demand absent more effective management of water resources.
Water problems will hinder the ability of key countries to produce food and generate energy, posing a risk to global food markets and hobbling economic growth.
As a result of demographic and economic development pressures, North Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia will face major challenges coping with water problems.
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Intelligence Community Assessment., ICA-2012-08, 02-February-2012
Global Risks Landscape 2015
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Insight Report: Global Risks 2015, 10th Edition, World Economic Forum, Geneva.
Global Risks 2015 Interconnections
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Insight Report: Global Risks 2015, 10th Edition, World Economic Forum, Geneva.
Actionable Water Intelligence
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Flooding Water
Quality Water
Availability Drought
Climate Change
Need integrated understanding of near- and long-term outlook and risks
Hydrologic Economic Demographic Environmental Political
Integrated Modeling and Data
Actionable Water Intelligence
Global to Street Scale
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GLOBAL
NATIONAL REGIONAL WATERSHED
STREET
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