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The Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Institute (WRRC) focuses on water problems pertinent to Pennsylvania and the mid-Atlantic region. Research areas include water quality and quantity management, hydrologic model development and assessment and fate and impact of pollutants.Our mission is to:
- plan, facilitate, and conduct research to help resolve local, state and national water resources problems;
- Train water scientists and engineers through participation in water resources research and outreach; and
- Promote technology transfer and the dissemination and application of research results.
What's New...
Penn State seeks water-well owners for study on gas drilling effects
Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences is seeking owners of private drinking-water wells near completed natural-gas wells in the Marcellus shale region to participate in a study of the impact of gas development.
Funded by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Center, the study will assess the potential impacts of Marcellus gas drilling on rural drinking water wells,.
Posted March 18, 2011
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