Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2015ME316B

Maine Information Transfer

Institute: Maine
Year Established: 2015 Start Date: 2015-03-01 End Date: 2016-02-28
Total Federal Funds: $19,827 Total Non-Federal Funds: $30,154

Principal Investigators: John Peckenham

Project Summary: Information transfer in the form of linking knowledge to action in central to the mission of the Maine Water Resources Research Institute (Water Institute) and the Mitchell Center. The Water Institute provides key technical resources to support water research in Maine and to link research results to the needs of broadly distributed constituencies. In this manner we address research, education, and outreach is a systematically integrated manner. Our goal in FY15 is to build on past success to enhance and expand our information transfer activities. Using part-time staff and funding from various sources, the Water Institute will continue to disseminate research results, organize meetings, participate in statewide forums, serve on committees dealing with water resource issues, work with K-12 teachers and students, and support special projects. The close working association with the Mitchell Center provides a primary portal to access the substantial technical abilities of the University of Maine system on issues related to water resources and more broadly with a large number of stakeholders and collaborators. No other agency, entity or organization in Maine can provide the same breadth and depth of topical water-resources knowledge and experience.