Water Resources Research Act

Water Resources Research Act of 1964

Great Seal of the United States
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) 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.

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.

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