Public Participation and the Advisory Committee Process (Johnson)
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Public Participation and the Advisory Committee Process
A Collaborative Partnership For
Water Resources
Toni M. Johnson, Chief
Water Information Coordination Program
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Dialog on Public Participation● To achieve consensus or concurrence
among individuals or organizations with differing interests --
Particularly if affecting public policy --
● Important to use sound principles ! ● Principles of Public Participation are being
used in many countries to develop national and global policies
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Dialog on Public Participation● In dealing with environmental issues
Benefit to combining citizens’ views
which provide economic & social issues
with Scientific and technical expertise
● Danish Model uses Citizens’ Panels or Consensus Conference
Reflects a better Balance of Powers
among governments, industry, and
the public
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Dialog on Public Participation● Use the combined input of
Science, Technology, and Policy
With a cross-section of representatives
● Results in more Realistic Outcomes
Where technical expertise alone may
result in an over-simplified solution
not address community resource needs
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Benefits of an Open Participatory Process
● Produce Policy Decisions that promote public interests – the needs of many customers
● Decentralize decision power closer to user community – at the watershed or aquifer level
● Recommend collaborative solutions – to problems of access and comparability
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Benefits of an Open Participatory Process
● Assist data users to access and understand data & information
collected by multiple sources -- governments as well as citizens – including:
members of non-profit water associations who educate their membership
private industries that use or impact waters
volunteers who monitor local waters
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Federal Advisory Committee Act
● In 1972, the United States Congress enacted a Public Law --
● The Federal Advisory Committee Act
● To ensure that advice given to Federal agencies by committees
be objective – balanced membership
be accessible to the public
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Advisory Committee on Water Information - ACWI
● Water information users
advise Federal Government on the effectiveness of
Federal water programs to meet the nation’s
water information needs
● Member organizations
foster communication with state & local govt. with private sector
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Advisory Goals & ObjectivesImprove access, sharing, and understanding of water data and information across the U.S.
● Improve Coordination among Federal
water agencies● Share Information with non-Federal entities:
Tribal, State and Interstate Regional and LocalUniversities and Educational
● Increase Collaboration with non-government organizations & the private sector
● Develop public-private partnerships
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National Water Quality
MonitoringCouncil
National Liaison Committee
for Water Quality
Subcommitteeon Hydrology
Subcommitteeon Spatial Water
Data
Advisory Committee Sub-Groups
Methods and DataComparability Board
Subcommittee on
Sedimentation
Work Groups
Sustainable WaterResources Roundtable
Work Groups
Work Groups
Work Groups
NewSubcommittee
on Ground Water
Work Groups
Work Groups
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National Water Quality Monitoring Council
● Provides a national forum
for coordination of consistent & defensible methods & strategies
● To improve water quality monitoring, assessment., reporting
● Using a Framework for Monitoring Framework
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Cooperative Research & Development Agreements
● Creates a formal partnership -- for the use &/or marketing of new
technologies & knowledge transfer optimizes scarce resources improves Federal relationships with public
and private sectors transfer occurs in both directions
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Creates Products
● National Environmental Methods Index Select and compare methods www.nemi.gov
● Water Quality Data Elements Metadata needed for data comparability Both Surface and Ground Water Quality Published Guidelines for States
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● International Participation
Hosted 8 countries in 2006
Short course on Assessing Ground Water Vulnerability http://acwi.gov/monitoring/conference/2006/
● Join us on the East Coast
May 18-22, 2008 !
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Sustainable WaterResources Roundtable
● A forum to share information and perspectives
● To promote better decision making
● On more sustainable development
● Of our Nation's water resources
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Sustainable WaterResources Roundtable
● Open Roundtables held in various regions
● Develop Indicators and Criteria for Sustainability
● Include Private Industry
● Address both Quantity and Quality
● Water and Energy Interface
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Subcommittee on Ground Water
● To implement a ground-water Monitoring Frame-work that: is Nationwide & long-term includes quantity & quality
● To aid in planning, management & development of ground-water supplies to: meet current and future water
needs & ecosystem requirements
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Subcommittee on Ground Water
Steering Committee Members● Federal: U.S. Geological Survey● State: Texas Dept. Environmental
Quality● Private Sector: Amer. Society of
Civil Engineers● Non-Profits for GW Professionals:
Well Drilling: National Ground Water Assoc.
Underground Injection: Ground Water Protection Council
Waste Water: Water Environment Federation
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Subcommittee on Ground Water
Ground WaterWork Groups
Data Standards andData Management
Monitoring Inventory
Field Practices
National Monitoring Design
http://acwi.gov/sogw/index.html
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Goals of Public ParticipationImprove access, sharing, understanding of water
data and information
● Use known principles of Public Participation http://iap2.org
● Share Information openly among governments● Use an Advisory Committee process to
bring multiple stakeholders to the table● Increase Collaboration with non-government
organizations Develop public-private partnerships
● Create better policy by combining Science and Technical Knowledge Citizen perspectives on their watersheds
and aquifers
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Let’s Make Things Better by…
Water Information Coordination Program
Toni M. Johnson
703-648-6810
http://water.usgs.gov/wicp