Texas Water Resources Institute
- Type
- Research Institute or Center
Overview
Texas Water Resources Institute provides science-based, community-supported solutions for the state’s pressing water quantity and quality challenges through internal expertise and external collaborations.
Contact
Allen Berthold
Interim Director
2118 TAMU
578 John Kimbrough Blvd.
College Station, TX 77843
The Texas Water Resources Institute, TWRI, has helped solve Texas’ water issues through research, education and outreach for 68 years. TWRI provides science-based, community-supported solutions for the state’s pressing water quantity and quality challenges through internal expertise and external collaborations.
Established in 1952, TWRI became the state’s official water resources institute in 1964. Today, it is one of 54 institutes within the National Institutes for Water Resources, supported by the U.S. Geological Survey. TWRI is a unit of Texas A&M AgriLife Research, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M.
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