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Welcome to the Auburn University Water Resources Center

The mission of the Auburn University Water Resources Center is to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration among Auburn University faculty and staff on water-related research, outreach, and instruction; conduct innovative research to find practical solutions for current and future water issues and empower private citizens to become active stewards of water resources.

In 2008, the U.S. EPA designated Auburn University as a Center of Excellence for Watershed Management, enhancing Auburn’s efforts to address water quality and availability issues in Alabama and the region.

Latest News from the WRC Blog

Meet Alexa Kloske

GET TO KNOW ALEXA KLOSKE, AUWRC'S 2023 SUMMER INTERNAlexa Kloske, a Senior in the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences (CSES) at Auburn University, spent the summer of 2023 interning with the AU Water Resources Center.   Alexa’s interest in water...

ADR: Learn About Statewide Drought Conditions

Alabama Drought Reach (ADR) is a new program at Auburn University Water Resources Center in partnership with the AL Office of the State Climatologist, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Alabama Agriculture Experiment Station, and USGS Water Resources Research...