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ATTACHMENT C STATEMENT OF TASK In response to NSFâs request, the WSTB has assembled a committee to: 1. Review the draft report on conceptual design for the WATERS Network and associated planning documents, including project office committee reports and reports prepared by CUAHSI to be supplied as âbackgroundâ information. This review will include an assessment of the adequacy of the design plan relative to the stated mission and goals of the WATERS Network, the grand challenges it is being established to address, and the specific science questions and environmental drivers on which the design is based. 2. Review the WATERS Science Plan, and the associated documents to be provided (e.g., WATERS Network Project Office committee reports on education, modeling, etc.), to assess whether the Science Plan makes a compelling case for establishing the WATERS Network with Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) funding. The Science Plan should articulate grand challenges that will attract widespread support; provide a foundation for formulation of second level science questions; and set forth a vision of what could be accomplished with an observing network to transform water science and engineering research and education. 3. Advise the WATERS Network Project Office and NSF on how the WATERS Network can be integrated efficiently and effectively with the observational programs related to water resources of other federal agencies, state and local governments, and the private sector, considering the different missions of these agencies (including NSF, whose âmissionâ is to support fundamental research and education). 8
