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11th November 2014, 01:06 PM
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Re: National institutes of water resources

The National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR) is an organization that represents the 54 state and territorial Water Research Institutes.

National institutes of water resources is a part of Institute for Water Resources, they signed memorandum in October 17, 2009

Signing Parties

Anders W. Andren, President (NIWR)
Robert A. Pietrowsky, Director (IWR)

Objectives and Function:

Integrated water resources management and environmentally sustainable development

Public works infrastructure, adaptive management, and adaptation to climate change

Flood risk management, hydrologic analysis, risk analysis, and watershed systems modeling

Environmental restoration, ecological design, eco-hydrologic analysis and water quality

Decision-support systems, trade-off analysis, and water supply reliability

Consensus building, public participation and citizen involvement, conflict management, alternate dispute resolution, and shared vision planning

Water policy, governance, and institutional aspects of water and watershed management

Capacity building, training; educational practices, methods, systems and curriculum development

Water security, asset management, deterioration science and renewals engineering

Effects of climate change on water resources and related ecosystems


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