GWML Session, 12 April 2011, Hydrology DWG Workshop

Location and Dates

• Where: Delft Netherlands
• Host: UNESCI-IHE
• Dates: April 11-14, 2011
• Rooms:

Objective

• explore move to international groundwater data standard (infromation model, GML application

• introduce existing approaches and their focus

• define plan to move forward

Expected Result

• meeting notes posted here
• action plan

Agenda

• 14:00 – 15:30 gw schema status and agency needs
• 14:00 – 14:15 Eric Boisvert GWML
• 14:15 – 14:30 Simon Cox / Gavin Walker AU GW
• 14:30 – 14:45 Tomasz Nalecz INSPIRE GW
• 14:45 – 15:00 Nate Booth USGS GW
• 15:00 – 15:15 Rob Atkinson GW and HY
• 15:15 - 15:30 Boyan Brodaric GW and HY
• 15:30 – 16:00 break
• 16:00 – 17:00 issues: gaps and challenges
• 17:00 – 18:00 next steps: if, what, and when?

Action Plan

• Circulate to HDWG Call for Participation re: developing GWIE2 Activity Plan (Boyan)
• Develop GWIE2 Activity Plan and circulate to HDWG for review
• Submit GWIE2 Actvity Plan to OCG for approval
• Issue call for participation in GWIE2 (OGC)

Notes

• Notetaker: thanks to Nate Booth
• Presentations: as above
• Discussion

• observations (Gavin)
• geology (Eric)
• water body (Tomasz)

• WMO wants an information model for groundwater (Uli / Irene)
• INSPIRE could benefit eventually during revisions (Tomasz):
  • CGI expressed interest in hydrogeological domain model.
  • International Hydrogeological Association also expressed interest

• USGS, GSC, CSIRO all express interest

  3. who is the target audience? (Boyan)
• decision maker: properties include aquifer storage, yield, and other water use
• scientist: more regard to geologic properties
• consultant: focus on observations
• public: focus on wells

• Interoperability Experiment (self-funded)
• RFI (costs $$)
• Group picture from delft: