Mandate

• Conduct applied research vital to the management, development and protection of Egypt’s water resources.
• Produce scientific knowledge needed by policy makers and public and private sectors.
• Conduct investigations and research related to the extension of agriculture lands.
• Lead the way in monitoring and assessing the status of water quantity and quality.
• Find the proper and economic design for water structures.
• Propose measures for environmentally sound development of the irrigation and drainage systems.
• Lead research in areas such as :

- The impacts of agriculture, industry and urbanization on water quality. - The effects of contaminants in rivers, groundwater and sediments.

- The impacts of reuse of drainage water in irrigation.

-The potential impact of climate change on water resources.

-The effects of dynamic forces on I&D structures and means of mitigation.