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Water Resources Center


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The mission of the Water Resources Center (WRC) is

To solve USACE’s water resources challenges by analyzing and developing innovative and implementable methods, tools, and strategies.

The strategic goals for the WRC are:

  1. Identify and propose actionable solutions to emerging challenges in water resources & to shifting water resource priorities
  2. Develop and promote appropriate methods and tools to solve water resources challenges. 
  3. Analyze, develop and inform strategic priorities to enhance water resources management.
  4. Provide expert technical assistance and expertise for solving the most complex water resource challenges.
  5. Leverage advancements in data, science, technology, engineering and their intersections to improve USACE processes and outcomes.

Technical Centers

CPCX - Collaboration and Public Participation Center of Expertise

CPCX LogoThe Collaboration and Public Participation Center of Expertise is (CPCX) is a center of expertise on conflict resolution and public participation. CPCX’s mission is to help Corps staff anticipate, prevent, and manage water conflicts, ensuring that the interests of the public are addressed in Corps decision making. The Center believes that alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and collaborative planning tools and techniques can and should be used to avoid and minimize conflicts, rather than just employed once conflict emerges.

 

ICIWaRM - International Center for Integrated Water Resource Management

ICIWaRM logoThe International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM) is a UNESCO Category 2 water centre headquartered at the IWR in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. The mission of ICIWaRM is the advancement of the science and practice of integrated water resources management (IWRM) to address water security and other water-related challenges by regional and global action, through new knowledge, innovative technologies, collaborative interdisciplinary scientific research, networking, training and capacity development.

PIANC USA

PIANC USA LogoPIANC USA is a national section of PIANC, a worldwide non-political and non-profit technical and scientific organization established to promote both inland and maritime navigation by fostering progress in the planning, design, construction, improvement, maintenance and operation of inland and maritime waterways and ports and of coastal areas for general use. PIANC USA was organized in 1902 with USACE serving as the Secretariat.

Programs and Products of the WRC

Innovative solutions supported by future-looking analysis and deep background knowledge is a hallmark of WRC programs and products. WRC is effective at solving applied problems because its staff bring a variety of academic backgrounds that span across the physical, biological, and social sciences, technology, engineering, and communications. 

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