The SWFP COMPASS Project Richard Lawford on behalf of the COMPASS Team Morgan State University Side Event: GEOGLOWS and the Harmonization of GEO Water Activities

Mission / Objectives and Goals Compass Mission / Objectives and Goals Mission To provide comprehensive assessments for global water resources to aid in planning and management water resources on multiple scales. Goals To develop a prototype assessment system and use it to produce a suite of potential products. To operationalize the system and begin producing routine assessments.

COMPASS COMMUNITY DATA & MODELING FRAMEWORK (CCDMF) . COMPASS INPUT TRANSLATOR & INTEGRATOR MODEL A Module A Dataset-1 D-2 D-3 D-4 Simulated Numerical Outputs (Model-Specific) P1 P7 COMPASS Integrated and Operational Data Base D-.. COMPASS COMMUNITY DATA & MODELING FRAMEWORK (CCDMF) Module B Module C COMPASS OUTPUT TRANSLATOR & INDICATOR GENERATION TOOLS Example Product Suites SDG Metrics Water Dow Jones P8 P3 Water Stress Migration Multi-Module Management --Satellite Data --Global Model Outputs --Big Data/Citizen Data --In-Situ Observation --Socio-Economic Data

The COMPASS Product Suite A Water Future Index for the global resource (Dow Jones of water) Six Month Water Outlooks Annual State of the Resource Report Cards SDG report cards Medium-term Water Trends Business intelligence reports. COMPASS interpretation services will be provided by SWFP Working Groups: Water Quality and Ecosystem Environmental Flow Management Groundwater Management Freshwater Biodiversity Memory, Community and Place Urban Water Water Ethics Sustainability in the Water Energy Food Nexus Water Economic Policy Water Governance SDG Assessment

Compass Geographical Scope Methodology Develop a cloud-based system that accepts multiple data streams to produce a suite of products for use by different agencies and programmes. The products will be global but will be validated through regional studies. One of the first areas where regional studies are being planned is Australia. Project Governance Structure Under the management of SWFP a distributed capability for undertaking assessments and interpreting the results will be maintained.

Significant achievements in 2016-2017 Compass Significant achievements in 2016-2017 Achievement 1 After several workshops and meeting a conceptual plan and marketing document have been developed. Achievement 2 Meetings continue to been held with potential funders and contributors.

Plans and Deliverables for 2018-2019 Compass Plans and Deliverables for 2018-2019 Deliverables 2018: Develop a system design and an implementation plan that will be presented at the WWF. 2018: Prototype assessment system will be developed and tested. General Plans Continue to seek partners and funders for the system Define a pilot project where global products would be prepared and validated against regional products.

Plans for cross SBA linkages and SDG support Compass Plans for cross SBA linkages and SDG support Links to GEO and its SBAs The assessments will have potential to link with food, energy, ecosystems/biodiversity and health among others. Contributions to SDGs The information from this system will contribute to Water 6.4 directly and to other targets such as 6.6. The product suite will include an SDG report card. Challenges and Issues: This is a program that will require substantial development work. Efforts are underway to attract the funding required for moving forward in an accelerated manner. GEOGLOWS and the Harmonization of GEO Water Activities

Thank You Richard Lawford richard.lawford@morgan.edu