National Water Research Center
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Vice President of the Center for Research Plan Affairs, on the occasion of his reaching the legal age,
the Center’s Board of Directors meeting No. (197)
Announcement
Cairo Water Week 13th October – 17th October 2024 Water and Climate: Building Resilient Communities
Background
The National Water Research Center (NWRC) as the research arm of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI), is a center of excellence that prossesses the knowledge and expertise in water resources, dedicated to conduct applied research at the highest water policy-making level. NWRC is an inter-disciplinary research Center dedicated to fostering an environment that encourages basic and applied researches planning both traditional water-related disciplines, as well as non-traditional and emerging disciplines. Based upon, NWRC is mandated to provide innovative solutions and communicate them to the end users; therefore, enhance research uptake. NWRC’s organization consists of twelve research institutes; basically tackling the following water resources related topics: Irrigation and Drainage, Hydraulics, Hydraulic structures and Machinery, Surface and Groundwater Hydrology, Sediment Transport, Water Quality and Pollution Control, Coastal Protection and Lake/Shore Environment, Climate Change and Geo-Measurements Analysis, Water Socio-Economics. Each institute covers one or more of these research areas.In addition, NWRC established a Strategic Research Unit, a Central Laboratory for Environmental Quality Monitoring, a Geographic Information System, Information/ Documentation Center, and a highly specialized Central Library.
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Featured Projects
 Applying water accounting concept in Nile Delta for ideal water managementCreated at: 2019-01-01 "The specific objective of the project is preparing a strategy for the Nile Delta, using water accounting approach, contains the total water resource, the volume of water available for abstraction, the rights to abstract water and the actual abstraction of water for economic, social, cultural and environmental benefit, in water use regions. |
 Interactive Map for Risks and Threats of Climatic Changes in EgyptCreated at: 2018-07-01 "This project aims to aid the decision makers to identify the risky zones that are vulnerable to climatic changes, which in turn will impact the national development plans. |
 Mediterranean Dialogue for Integrated Water Management (MELIA)Created at: 2006-06-25 "MELIA succeeded in Building a knowledge base for integrated water resources management (IWRM) planning, based on integrating contributions from different perspectives, involving the wide spectrum of stakeholders and based on the general frame defined by EU Water Framework Directive. |
About NWRC
The National Water Research Center (NWRC) is a pioneer institution for various water research activities in Egypt. It was established in 1975 as a research entity within the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI)………
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Management staff
NWRC have a huge technical staff and the following are managment staff
