Water Resources Research Act

The Water Resources Research Act of 1964 (WRRA) undertook "... a coordinated scientific research program in water...", which constitutes "... the greatest resource problem facing the West and the Nation ..." The WRRA's principal result was establishment of the National Institutes for Water Resources.

Enacted by

the 88th United States Congress

July 17, 1964

88-379

Distinctions[edit]

One of the earliest research grants of the WRRA went to eventual Nobel Memorial Prize-laureate Elinor Ostrom at the beginning of her career.

Water Resources Research Act

Enacted by

Enacted by

Effective

Public law

Distinctions[edit]

Water Resources Research Act, as amended in 2006

Statement of President Lyndon B. Johnston on the occasion of the approval of the Water Resources Research Act of 1964, July 17, 1964