1. Topic Area 3. Water Management and Planning

2. Water management and planning
Critical challenge: Effective planning for critical water infrastructure
Solution:
Resilient traditional and non-traditional infrastructure
Consider and analyze alternatives with multi-criteria analysis
Needs:
Assessment of existing infrastructure
Appropriate accounting of risk and uncertainty
Show success with technology with case studies
Identification of constraints – triple bottom line
Consider trans-boundary issues

3. Critical challenge: Implementation of critical water infrastructure
Water management and planning
Critical challenge: Implementation of critical water infrastructure
Solutions:
Integrate data, modeling, and information dissemination (DSS)
Consider new interdisciplinary approaches to building public awareness and confidence
Needs:
Determine model for sustainability and low impact
Improved seasonal and short term forecasts to prepare the society for extreme events
Address risk and uncertainty

4. Critical challenge: Support of critical water infrastructure
Water management and planning
Critical challenge: Support of critical water infrastructure
Solutions:
Taking advantage of big data
Linking measurement and management
Develop tools that will provide scientific credibility and social confidence
Needs:
Increase access to appropriate data and information
Sharing data utilizing models and tools derived from rapidly developing Information
Enhance sustainability: stakeholder support

5. Durrell Declaration
On June 13-14, 2016 a group of experts met at Colorado State University to analyze pressures on global water resources and identify needed solutions, actions, and responsibilities. Needs are to:
Improve water governance with objective science and policy to overcome disorder, confusion and deprivation;
Galvanize the power of interdisciplinary science between climate science, hydrology, ecology, management and public policy;
Respond to uncertainty and risk by greater understanding of climate futures and institutional responses;
Exploit data resources to produce actionable knowledge on a global basis; and
Advance the global service mission with new interdisciplinary knowledge applied toward water and climate related challenges.

6. Implications for Colorado State University
Initiate new faculty activities in water governance and policy by integrating science, engineering and the social sciences (faculty);
Focus on research in climate forecasting and early warning tools related to extreme events (research);
Focus on integrative knowledge across atmospheric sciences, water resources and human dimensions of water management (research);
Focus on exploitation of big data to promote global information sharing, visualization and decision support (information technology);
Advance the university service and outreach mission through vigorous international scientific cooperation (engagement).