Earth Data Science
RAPID: Collaborative Research: Building Digital Infrastructure and Communities to Assess Risk of Drinking Water Hazards Caused by Hurricanes
Description
The goal of this project is to facilitate increased access to post-hurricane water quality data through access to cyberinfrastructure, capacity development and community-building among relevant groups concerned with post-disaster water quality issues. The project featured a number of activities such as accelerating research through network-to-network collaborations, data needs and availability assessment, data collection, and educational activities focused on data curation and cyberinfrastructure.
This project grew out of prior work related to Hurricane Maria and was initiated after Hurricane Florence.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the original goal to conduct two face-to-face workshops was replaced with a joint virtual three-session workshop which took place during late May and early June 2021. The content for the workshop is available in a publicly accessible GitHub repository and is available for re-use, or to make a copy to customize for additional contexts.
RENCI's Role
RENCI was responsible for helping to co-develop and lead the virtual workshop, facilitate access to Hydroshare, and contributing data curation and community-building expertise. Project has synergies with NCPFAS Testing Network DataHub project and UNC Superfund Research Program.