About NWRI

National Water Research Institute logoThe National Water Research Institute (NWRI) is part of the Water Science and Technology Directorate (WSTD), along with the National Water Quality Monitoring Office and staff at Centre Saint-Laurent in Montreal. 

Image of Canada Centre for Inland WatersNWRI has two main centres: the larger at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters in Burlington, Ontario; the other at the National Hydrology Research Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. NWRI staff are also located in Gatineau and Montreal, Quebec; Fredericton, New Brunswick; and Victoria, British Columbia.

 

 

Image of National Hydrology Research CentreNWRI works with other government departments, other governments, universities and research organizations to address water-related issues of public concern, generating and disseminating scientific knowledge needed to resolve environmental issues of regional, national or international significance to Canada, and to sustain our natural resources and freshwater ecosystems.