Water Resources Research Act

Enactedbythe 88th United States Congress

EffectiveJuly 17, 1964

Public law88-379

Water Resources Research Act of 1964

Enacted by	the 88th United States Congress
Effective	July 17, 1964
Citations
Public law	88-379
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S.2 Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on {{{signeddate}}}

The Water Resources Research Act of 1964 (WRRA) established a legal framework for water resource research in the United States and Puerto Rico.^[1]

It undertook "... a coordinated scientific research program in water...", which constitutes "... the greatest resource problem facing the West and the Nation ..."^{[citation needed]} The WRRA's principal result was establishment of the National Institutes for Water Resources.