Initial History and Strategic Planning of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI)

Abstract

Over a period of years from the prior Management Group and Technical Activities Committee structure, ASCE has created new National Institutes: Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), Geo-Institute (G-I), Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI), and in 1999 the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI). Additional institutes added in recent years are Coastal, Ocean, Ports, and Riverine Institute (COPRI), Construction Institute (CI), and the Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) in 2002. The ASCE Task Committee to Create the EWRI was formed in fiscal year 1997 and for two years chaired by Michael L. Stevens/Conrad G. Keyes, Jr. to plan the transition for the Environmental and Water Resources Institute from three ASCE Divisions: Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, and Water Resources Planning & Management plus the Water & Environmental Standards Council. In July 1999, the ASCE Board of Direction approved the formation of the EWRI, to officially begin October 1, 1999.