Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2006FL148B

Information Transfer

Institute: Florida
Year Established: 2006 Start Date: 2006-03-01 End Date: 2007-02-28
Total Federal Funds: $17,972 Total Non-Federal Funds: $30,002

Principal Investigators: Kirk Hatfield, Mark Newman

Project Summary: The Florida WRRC will actively promote the transfer of the results of water resources research in Florida. The target audience will be the scientific and technical community who are addressing Florida's water problems on a professional basis. Specific activities that are proposed as part of this task include maintaining an updated mailing list with email address and a web-based home page. The e-mail list and home page will be used to provide timely information about research proposal announcements and other water-related activities. The home page will describe ongoing research at the WRRC and list research reports and publications that are available. Also, the home page will be used to list research opportunities available through the WRRC and elsewhere and to provide links to other water resource organizations and agencies, including the five water management districts in Florida and the USGS. The WRRC will continue to maintain a library of technical reports that have been published in past years by the WRRC. Researchers will be able to check out copies of these reports, which also will be distributed upon request at prices set to recover the cost of reproduction and mailing. As newer reports become available, electronic versions of these reports will be made available for distribution by downloading from the WRRC home page and by providing links to other websites. Financial support will be provided for publishing research results in refereed scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings and for printing theses and dissertations that are of interest to the target audience. Finally, The WRRC will sponsor workshops designed to address specific themes pertinent to Floridas water resources. The center will solicit the scientific and technical community for recommendation on potential Workshop themes. The center will invite researchers, policy makers, and members of state and federal agencies to participate at these workshops.