EPA Releases National Water Program Research Strategy to Advance, Broaden Research Partnerships
Strategy identifies and promotes the research needs of EPA’s national water program to potential partners
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its National Water Research Strategy to engage a broader range of researchers in meeting the challenges of protecting and improving the nation’s water resources. The strategy identifies and promotes the research needs of EPA’s national water program to potential partners.
The strategy outlines the water program’s four research priorities: healthy watersheds and coastal waters, safe drinking water, sustainable water infrastructure and water security. Each priority also focuses on five 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 program 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, EPA said.
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