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Instituting water research: the Water Resources Research Act (1964) and the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute

机译:开展水研究:《水资源研究法》(1964年)和爱达荷州水资源研究所

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In 1964, Congress passed the Water Resources Research Act (WRRA) and created state research institutes to pursue practical research for the nation's growing water problems. The Idaho Water Resources Research Institute (IWRRI), initiated as part of WRRA, implemented its research program with multidisciplinary specialists across Idaho. Collaborating with public and private partners, IWRRI advanced research that reflected distinct political, economic, and environmental needs at a time when the state required more rigorous water planning. Case studies presented here include research on understanding and valuing wild and scenic rivers, tracing and mitigating water pollution from industrial mining, and improving efficiency and promoting maximization in irrigation among rural landscapes. Scientists developed new methods and advised on ways to improve water quality. Tracing IWRRI's research demonstrates how concerns about wilderness, pollution, and efficiency developed within a research regime determined to improve water resources management. Each element reflected historical forces and social values, something only occasionally acknowledged by the researchers but nonetheless central to their efforts. In this way, IWRRI shines analytical light on state water use and the policy and scientific methods used to comprehend, mitigate, and manage water resources. The history of institutes like IWRRI provide a neglected, but useful, avenue to explore the powerful ways contemporary legal, political, and economic concerns shaped scientific research agendas, reminding us of the larger social context in which scientific research occurs.
机译:1964年,国会通过了《水资源研究法》(WRRA),并成立了州立研究机构,以针对该国日益严重的水问题进行实践研究。作为WRRA的一部分,爱达荷州水资源研究所(IWRRI)与爱达荷州的多学科专家一起实施了其研究计划。 IWRRI与公共和私人合作伙伴合作,进行了先进的研究,反映了该州需要更严格的水规划时的独特政治,经济和环境需求。这里介绍的案例研究包括以下方面的研究:了解和评估野生和风景秀丽的河流,追踪和减轻工业采矿带来的水污染,提高效率并促进乡村景观中灌溉的最大化。科学家们开发了新方法,并就改善水质的方法提出了建议。追踪IWRRI的研究表明,在旨在改善水资源管理的研究体制内如何发展对荒野,污染和效率的关注。每个要素都反映了历史力量和社会价值,这只是研究人员偶尔承认的,但对于他们的努力却至关重要。通过这种方式,IWRRI对州用水以及用于理解,减轻和管理水资源的政策和科学方法提供了分析性的启示。 IWRRI等机构的历史为探索当代法律,政治和经济问题影响科学研究议程的有力途径提供了一种被忽略但有用的途径,使我们想起了发生科学研究的更大社会背景。

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