Status Report

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Status Report Ad Hoc Steering Committee on
Ground Water Monitoring Presentation
for Advisory Committee on Water
Information October 4, 2006
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Thank You

• Advisory Committee on Water Information
• Ad Hoc Steering Committee on Ground Water
  Monitoring
• Toni Johnson
• Chris Reimer

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Todays Meeting

• Demonstrate to ACWI that we have
• High energy, committed volunteers
• Made good progress in short time
• Want to maintain momentum!
• Interact with ACWI by
• Presenting a status report
• Seeking guidance for scoping TOR

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Overview

• In January 2006, suggestion made to form a ground
  water subgroup
• In August 2006, an Ad Hoc Steering Committee (SC)
  formed to develop a formal proposal to ACWI
• In September 2006, SC began work on draft Terms
  of Reference (TOR)
• By January 2007 or earlier, SC plans to present
  draft TOR to ACWI for approval
• Today, update ACWI on some of the questions and
  issues related to TOR and request your input

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Todays Discussion Agenda

• Historical Items
• Steps leading to Jan. 2006 suggestion
• Steps since Jan. 2006
• Steering committee formation and status
• Major outstanding questions on TOR
• Your feedback

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Historical Items

• Ground-Water Quality Networks
• Ground-Water Quality Monitoring Framework
• Conceptual Frameworks for Ground-Water Quality
  Monitoring
• Ground Water Quality Data Elements
• National Coastal Monitoring Network
• Ground-Water Level Networks
• No national efforts for framework or data elements

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Steps Leading to Specific Proposal

• 2000 USGS survey of long-term well networks
• 2003 Ground water supply surveys
• 2004 Science and Technology to Support Fresh
  Water Availability in the United States report
• 2005 NSTC staff pose ground water monitoring
  questions
• 2006 Suggestion to ACWI to investigate ground
  water subgroup

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Steps Since Proposal

• January 2006 Strawman developed
• May 2006 National Water Quality Monitoring
  Conference Session
• July 2006 National Water Quality Monitoring
  Council Briefing
• August 2006 Formation of Ad Hoc Steering
  Committee

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Steering Committee (SC) Formation and Status

• Nine organizations invited
• Co-chairs invited
• SC TOR and work plan begun
• Two conference calls held

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SC Members

• USGS Bill Cunningham (federal co-chair)
• ASCE Bob Schreiber (non-federal co-chair)
• AASG Dave Wunsch
• GWPC Mike Paque
• ICWP Bud Badr/Peter Evans alt.
• NGWA John Jansen
• States Mary Ambrose
• USEPA Chuck Job, Chuck Spooner
• WEF Rob Schweinfurth

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Terms of Reference Sections

• Purpose
• Scope
• Functions
• Membership
• Procedural Sections, e.g. meetings, time needed,
  termination

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Guiding Principles

• Coordinate with other ACWI subgroups
• Integrate with ACWI work products
• Recognize historic efforts

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Primary Question on TOR

• To what extent should the proposed Ground Water
  Subcommittee address ground-water quality?
• Implicitly Framework for ground-water level
  monitoring
• Explicitly Framework for ground-water quality
  monitoring

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Additional Questions

• Potable water or other water uses
• Defining terms
• Exact deliverable

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Open to discussion

• Questions on presentation?
• Advice on SCs pending questions?
• Recommendations?
• Lessons from past experience?
• Other?