Think of that computer game with the best graphics and fastest action. The more detail and resolution you add, the slower the game plays. Now have all your neighbors bring their computers over to help play this game. However, computer games are not the real benefit to the public. Advancing medical treatments, weather predictions, and environmental cleanup are beneficial HPC uses to the public.
Water is a critical part of our everyday lives.
The amount and quality of drinking water are both factors we need to understand and manage. This will help promote adequate water use today and in the future. Hydrologists must often answer complex questions when dealing with public water-supply issues. Both limits on the natural resources and financial resources are better answers to our water-supply issues. The hydrologist can combine an understanding of hydrology with information from the area they are studying to help answer these questions.