Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2002NY9B

Director's Office Information Transfer

Institute: New York
Year Established: 2002 Start Date: 2002-03-01 End Date: 2003-02-28
Total Federal Funds: $21,730 Total Non-Federal Funds: $12,820

Principal Investigators: Keith Porter

Project Summary:

The Director and staff of the NYS Water Resources institute carry out numerous public service activities each year. Most of them are done in conjunction with multidisciplinary projects funded outside of the Water Resources Research Act context. In order to cross-link the WRRA activities in this program to many other NYS WRI activities, a small portion of WRRA resources are devoted to information transfer and student training functions.

The primary objective of this activity is to maintain rapport with State agencies and key constituencies in environmental, water supply, agricultural, and other business sectors. A secondary objective is to involve Cornell University students in public service projects with local and State government.

Most interaction with committees is done via meetings, telephone calls, and electronic mail exchanges.

Student projects are typically connected to large NYS WRI projects with the same agencies or in the same geographic locales.