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Matching End-User Demands and AquaTerra Results
A team from Deltares/TNO made two inventories, one of the end user demand on the basis of five uocuments from the European or Dutch national end-user level, and one of the AquaTerra highlights. uatches were identified in two steps. First, demand and supply were structured using a framework of topics and sub-topics. The results of this step can be explored in two mindmaps: one map shows the demand side, another one the supply side.
The match between the demand and supply was carried out in a second step. Matches were identified on a sub-topic level and are illustrated in a third mindmap showing the demand side framework plus the supply in form of additional notes.
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The work is described in detail in deliverable KNOWMAN2.7. The most remarkable matches were those for the topics on 1) Identification of sources, 2) Effects of climate change, 3) Groundwater – surface water interactions, 4) Models to support impact assessment, and 5) Monitoring. There were also two remarkable mismatches; stake-holder demand without an AquaTerra supply or AquaTerra supply without stake-holders demand. These mismatches were 6) Flooding and inundation and 7) Soil, sediments and suspended solids.
The inventory of stakeholder demand showed that research needs are generally formulated at a relatively highly conceptual and abstract and therefore mostly unscientific level. This complicates an objective matching between demand and supply. Questions related to soil (including sediment and suspended solids) and to flooding, inundation and high water events were absent on the demand side. For these situations, AquaTerra has contributed to this end-user awareness since it has shown the crucial role of sediments and suspended solids for water quality in river basins, especially when related to climate change. Through this, AquaTerra emphasizes the need for a system approach in future river basin management.
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