Water Resources Research Act

Water Resources Research Act of 1964

Enacted by	the 88th United States Congress
Effective	July 17, 1964
Citations
Public law	88-379
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S.2 Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on {{{signeddate}}}

The Water Resources Research Act of 1964 (WRRA) established a legal framework for water resource research in the United States and Puerto Rico. ^[1]

It undertook "... a coordinated scientific research program in water...", which constitutes "... the greatest resource problem facing the West and the Nation ..."^{[ citation needed ]} The WRRA's principal result was establishment of the National Institutes for Water Resources.

Distinctions

One of the earliest research grants of the WRRA went to eventual Nobel Memorial Prize-laureate Elinor Ostrom at the beginning of her career.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Congress Passes the Water Resources Research Act". EBSCO Information Services, Inc. 1964-07-17. Retrieved 2025-04-16.

External links

• 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