Water Resources Research Act
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.
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| Enacted by | the 88th United States Congress |
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| Effective | July 17, 1964 |
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| Public law | 88-379 |
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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.
References
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
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