Applications Invited for Innovation Workshop on Water Quality Monitoring & Assessment

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About the Organization

Enhanced and sustainable monitoring and information support National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) effective delivery of hydrological services for disaster risk reduction, social and economic development, and environmental protection.

The WMO HydroHub organizes its work around three following outcomes:

Outcome 1: Increased Capacity

• NMHSs, with improved staff technical expertise, sustainably operate hydromet monitoring systems with enhanced data management and improved national and international data sharing.

Outcome 2: Operationalized Innovation

• NMHSs continuously develop and innovate their hydrometric approaches and technologies in collaboration with academia and private sector.

Outcome 3: Optimized Engagements and Investments

• NMHSs catalyse development opportunities and impact for the overall hydromet community through strengthened internal and external engagements that offer greater visibility, knowledge sharing and communication.

About the Event

Water quality (WQ) is one of the main challenges that societies will face during the 21st century, threatening human health, limiting food production, reducing ecosystem functions, and hindering economic growth. The 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) bring water quality issues to the forefront of international action by setting Goal 6 specifically aiming to “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all” and to improve water quality (SDG target 6.3) to respond to the pressing challenges posed by water quality issues. Water quality is also addressed under other SDGs such as the goals on health, poverty reduction, ecosystems and sustainable consumption and production, recognizing the links between water quality and the key environmental, socioeconomic and development issues. The clear focus on water quality in the SDGs demonstrates growing attention on the urgent need to improve water quality worldwide.

 Reliable, comprehensive, and up-to-date monitoring data on water quality is a prerequisite to provide decision makers with the information they require to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water resources for both human uses and maintaining aquatic ecosystems. However, water quality monitoring is technically and financially demanding, and, in many countries, it has not yet become a priority due to limited resources.

Workshop objectives & focus areas

 The Innovation Workshop on Water Quality Monitoring & Assessment aims at:

• Understandingoperational challenges and needs in water quality data collection, management and use;
• Identifying and promoting innovative approaches and technologies for water quality data collection, management and use;
• Supporting private sector (solution providers) to tailor their solutions to operational realities;
• Helping academia to direct research towards the most pertinent topics where pragmatic solutions are concerned;
• Identifying and promoting innovative approaches and tools that increase data uptake and use.

The key focus areas of the workshop are:

• Crowdsourcing for water quality monitoring and assessment (including associated uncertainties);
• Acceptance and integration of water quality data from non-traditional data sources (e.g., citizen science, remote sensing, modelling);
• Low-cost methodologies to monitor and assess water quality;
• Integrated spatial, geophysical, and ground measurement to monitor and assess water quality;
• Methods of data exploration and visualization.

Submission Deadline: 31 March 2023

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