IWR has been actively seeking partnerships with national and international organizations to collaborate on water resources research and undertake joint efforts regarding water resources management. Memoranda of Agreement, Memoranda of Understanding, and similar agreements have been executed with the following organizations:

International Partnerships

• American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA)
• Autoridad Maritima Portuaria
• Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute of ASCE (COPRI)
• Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Global Water Partnership Organization
• Inter-American Committee on Ports (DCIP), Organization of American States
• International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM)
• International Joint Commission
• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Japan
• Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management of the Netherlands, Directorate General Rijkswaterstaat (RWS)
• UNESCO-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
• UNESCO-IHP
• Water Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Zones in Latin America and the Caribbean (CAZALAC)
• Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC)

Federal Agency Partnerships

• Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior
• Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• National Weather Service (NWS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce
• Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• Sandia National Laboratories
• U.S. Geological Survey
• U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution
• UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)

Domestic Government Partnerships

• California Department of Water Resources
• Lower Colorado River Authority

Non-Governmental Partnerships

• American Water Resources Association
• The Nature Conservancy

revised 22 Feb 2010

Academic Partnerships

• Colorado State University (CSU) International School for Water Resources (ISWR), Civil and Environmental Engineering Department (CEE)
• Florida International University (FIU)
• Institute for Water and Watersheds, Oregon State University
• National Institutes for Water Resources
• University of Arizona
• Water Systems Analysis Group (WSAG), Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire

Advanced Degree Program in Integrated Water Resources Management

The Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) and IWR have developed this unique program of graduate study that allows Corps employees to obtain an advanced degree in the cutting-edge field of integrated water resources management. The following are the participating universities:

• Florida State University
• Harvard University
• Johns Hopkins University
• Southern Illinois University
• University of Arizona

Advanced Degree Program in Integrated Water Resources Planning & Management

Universities Council on Water Resources