Data for: A Living Laboratory for Water Sustainability at UBC Farm

This dataset contains data collected through the UBC Farm Long-Term Water Monitoring Program, which started in July 2019. The project will develop a water innovations node for UBC’s Campus as a Living Laboratory initiative to conduct water monitoring and evaluate water use reduction strategies to minimize the water footprint of agriculture at UBC Farm and support UBC’s Water Action Plan. The project will increase the capacity of UBC Farm as a leading living laboratory for research, teaching and learning on water sustainability with academic, public sector and industrial partners. The project will implement new, smart, integrated water and climate monitoring technology at UBC Farm. This will enable living-lab based research to develop water conserving strategies and conduct innovative research across the food-energy-water nexus. The project will also inform best practices on water management and irrigation for urban agriculture and climate change, which can be scaled across campus to reduce UBC’s water footprint, and serve as a focal node for research related to water use in the regional agrifood system.本数据集收录了自2019年7月启动的不列颠哥伦比亚大学（University of British Columbia，简称UBC）农场长期水质监测项目所采集的数据。本项目将为UBC的"校园作为活实验室"（Campus as a Living Laboratory）计划打造水务创新节点，开展水质监测工作，评估用水减量策略，以降低UBC农场农业活动的水足迹，并支撑UBC的《水务行动计划》。本项目将联合学术机构、公共部门与产业合作伙伴，提升UBC农场作为水可持续性研究、教学与实践前沿活实验室的能力。项目将在UBC农场部署新型智能集成式水与气候监测技术，此举将支持基于活实验室的节水策略研发，并围绕食物-能源-水纽带（Food-Energy-Water Nexus）开展跨领域创新性研究。此外，本项目还将梳理城市农业与气候变化领域的水管理与灌溉最佳实践方案，该方案可在全校范围内推广以降低UBC的水足迹，同时作为区域农业食品系统用水相关研究的核心节点。