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Water Resources Research Act

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Water Resources Research Act of 1964
Great Seal of the United States
Enacted bythe 88th United States Congress
EffectiveJuly 17, 1964
Citations
Public law88-379
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) 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.

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One of the earliest research grants of the WRRA went to eventual Nobel Memorial Prize-laureate Elinor Ostrom at the beginning of her career.[citation needed]

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