Welcome

At WRRC we concentrate on addressing the unique water and wastewater management problems and issues that we in the Pacific face. WRRC serves the state of Hawaii as well as other Pacific islands and elsewhere by researching water-related issues distinctive to these areas. We are Hawaii's link in a network represented in every state as well as Washington, D.C. and three U.S. territories. The centers are organized as the National Institutes for Water Resources (click on the NIWR logo below.) Funding comes from University appropriations, from a small federal program administered by the US Geological Survey and in largest part from external grants and contracts.

Our mission is to:

• Plan, facilitate, and conduct research to help resolve local, state and national water resources problems;


• Train water scientists and engineers through participation in water resources research and outreach; and


• Promote technology transfer and the dissemination and application of research results.

Contact Information

Phone: 808-956-7847
Email: wrrc@hawaii.edu
Fax: 808-956-5044

Water Resources Research Center
Holmes Hall 283, 2540 Dole St.
Honolulu, HI 96822

Visit the UH website

• WRRC Seminar Schedule


• 2010 NIWR RFP Out
  Every year WRRC is able to fund several small research projects using grant money from the US Geological Survey. Administered through the National Institutes for Water Resources. Click on the link to find out more.


• A Brief History of WRRC.
  Since our inception in 1964 the Water Center has been actively addressing the water research needs of the state and other Pacific islands. Read all about it.


• Riverbank Filtration Workshop, Oct. 24-27, 2009 Luxor, Egypt
  WRRC researcher Chittaranjan Ray is helping to organize a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Riverbank Filtration for Water Security in Desert Countries...


• WRRC Publications Now Available Online!
  The Center's Technology Transfer Office is collaborating with UH Manoa's ScholarSpace institutional repository program to upload full text of our reports.
  
  As of August 2009 some 240 WRRC reports are now online in PDF format. You can access these here.


• Wrapup of WRRC's Water Quality Monitoring Conference, Oct. 30-31, 2008


• USGS National Competitive Grant Program
  Deadline to WRRC is usually in February


• "Hydrology of Hawaii" by L. Stephen Lau & John Mink now available!


• Latest WRRC Bulletin