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. 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 1964 in American law 88th United States Congress Water law in the United States Water resource management in the United States