The Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) was established in 1964, under a resolution and named as Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control Research Council (IDFCRC) within the Ministry of Natural Resources. It was brought under the control of Ministry of Science and Technology in 1970. The Council was renamed as Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) in 1985. The PCRWR is an apex autonomous body established with the objective to conduct, organize, coordinate and promote research in all aspects of water resources. Since its inception, PCRWR has played its role as a national research organisation by undertaking and promoting applied as well as basic research in various disciplines of water sector, more specifically, irrigation, drainage, surface and groundwater management, groundwater recharge, watershed management, desertification control, rainwater harvesting, water quality assessment and monitoring, and development of innovative water resource management, conservation and quality improvement technologies, etc.
CONTACT DETAILS
Mailing Address
Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources
Mailing Address
Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources
Khyaban-e-Johar Road,
Sector H-8/1,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Sector H-8/1,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Phone: 0092-51-9101282 and 0092-51-9101283
Fax: 0092-51-9101280 and 0092-51-9101278
Email: pcrwr@isb.comsats.net.pk
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