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Latest Stories

Advanced GIS Workshop Concludes with Enhanced Geospatial Readiness to Emergency Situations

ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA.  The rolling echoes of thunder boom in the distance, as the mid-day sun is
Published: 5/17/2013

Water Supply Business Manager Ted Hillyer Retires

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  After more than 50 years of government service, Mr. Ted Hillyer has retired
Published: 5/10/2013

USACE IWR Advances Consistent Methodological Approach for Considering Social Vulnerability and Other Social Effects

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  It’s not uncommon for the fundamental objective of Federal water resources
Published: 5/3/2013

IWR Publishes 2012 Irrigation Water Supply Database

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  USACE IWR has published the first Irrigation Water Supply Database report.
Published: 4/24/2013

IWR Hosts Visit from Singapore Housing & Development Board, Infrastructure & Reclamation Department

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  IWR hosted a visit from the Singapore Housing & Development Board,
Published: 4/22/2013

ICIWaRM Co-Sponsors African Women, Water and Wells Photography Exhibit for World Water Day

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  Striking black and white photographs of African women in their daily lives
Published: 4/12/2013

Army Civilian Training and Leadership Development Program Encouraged

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  IWR CES Advanced Course attendees encouraged other IWR team members to
Published: 3/26/2013

Photos

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Throughout the region one sees young girls like this one carrying large containers of water on their heads as they carry a baby sister or brother on their back. This girl is about nine years old. She has never attended school.
Photo of IWR Director Bob Pietrowsky (right) at the World Water Forum with Hans Van der Werf (left) of the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine.
Graphic of HarborSym Tools
Graphic of IWR report covers
Photo of Dresden Lock
Graphic of Report Cover for Port and Inland Waterways Modernization Strategy: Options for the Future
Photo of Dr. Ania Grobicki, Executive Secretary, Global Water Partnership (left) and IWR and ICIWaRM Director Bob Pietrowsky (right).
Graphic of National Action Plan Report Cover
Photo of Mekong River
Photo of Report Cover
ICIWaRM Partners Meeting (left to right): Sarah Sieloff, United States Agency for International Development (USAID); Chuck Chaitovitz, Global Environment and Technology Foundation (GETF); Jerome Delli Priscoli, Ph.D., IWR; Eugene Z. Stakhiv, Ph.D., IWR/ICIWaRM; Richard Meganck, Ph.D., Oregon State University; Richard A. Enberg, Technical Director, American Water Resources Association (AWRA); Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm, Ph.D., Inter-American Development Bank; Michael Campana, Ph.D., Oregon State University; Aleix Serrat Capdevilla, Ph.D., University of Arizona; Reagan M. Waskom, Ph.D., Colorado Water Institute; William S. Logan, Ph.D., IWR/ICIWaRM; Kyle Shilling, American Society of Civil Engineers; Evan C. Vlachos, Ph.D., Colorado State University; Robert A. Pietrowsky, IWR/ICIWaRM.
ICIWaRM Advisory Board attendees (left to right): Dr. Michael E. McClain, Head of Department and Professor of Ecohydrology UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education; Mr. Dhesigen Naidoo, CEO, South African Water Research Commission; Dr. Blanca Jimenez Cisneros, Secretary, UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP) UNESCO Division of Water Sciences; Prof Dr. Ibrahim Gurer, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering Gazi University; Dr. Verne R. Schneider, Executive Secretary, U.S. National Committee for the International Hydrological Programme ; Robert A. Pietrowsky, IWR-ICIWaRM Director.
Lillian Almodovar speaks with Admiral Ernesto Duran Gonzalez, General Director, General Maritime Directorate, Colombia (left) and Chris Edwards, AECOM, PIANC USA (center).
ICI-Raft Fortaleza, Brazil Site Distribution Fit
This contour plot shows maximum potential flooding estimates in the lower Manhattan area as computed by the GSSHA model using information from National Hurricane Center Advisory 26.
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