E.P.A. Delivers National Water Plan Research Strategy to Advance and Broaden Research Partnerships

WASHINGTON - The E.P.A. (EPA) released its National Water Research Strategy to engage a broader range of researchers in meeting the challenges of protecting and improving our nation's water resources. The strategy identifies and promotes the research needs of EPA's national water plan to potential partners.

The strategy outlines the water program's 4 research priorities: healthy watersheds and coastal waters, safe drinking water, sustainable water infrastructure and water security. Each priority also focuses on 5 technical areas: aquatic life health effects, human health effects, method development, occurrence and exposure, and treatment technologies and effectiveness.

The objective of the strategy is to diversify the science the water plan uses to develop its regulatory and non-regulatory water management tools and decisions. Expanding the science base will expedite the production of the needed tools and help achieve faster and better-quantified water quality outcomes.

More information: http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/strategy

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