PEER BENCHMARKING MATRIX (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) No. Country Agency Location Parent Organization Status Mandate/ mission Area emphasis Fields of activity A India National Institute of Hydrology Roorke, India Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) Autonomous organization under MWR Research in hydrology and water resources Hydrology and water resources Environmental hydrology water-quality hydrology groundwater hydrology contaminant hydrology experimental hydrology nuclear hydrology surface-water hydrology flood hydrology urban hydrology catchment hydrology coastal/deltaic hydrology drought hydrology snow hydrology glacier hydrology socioeconomic hydrology impact of climate change water resources systems soft-computing hydrology remote sensing GIS 1 Australia CSIRO Land and Water Clayton, South Australia, Australia CSIRO, of Ministry for Innovation, Science, and Research Public Research in land and water resources Land and water Soil water groundwater information systems Earth observation catchment biochemistry aquatic biology contaminant chemistry ecotoxicology water reuse engineering environmental engineering urban water engineering 2 Canada National Hydrology Research Centre Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada National Water Research Institute (NWRI), of Water Science and Technology Directory (WSTD), of Environment Canada (EC) Public Research in hydrology Water Biogeochemistry GIS applications computer modeling isotope research 3 China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR) Beijing, China None Private Research in water resources and hydropower Water resources and hydropower Hydraulics water resources water hazards environmental hydrology rangeland hydrology sedimentation irrigation and drainage earthquake engineering remote sensing applications geotechnical engineering structures and materials water resources history 4 Egypt National Water Research Centre (NWRC) Cairo, Egypt Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation Public Applied water research Water Water management drainage water resources Nile river hydraulics channel maintenance groundwater construction mechanical and electrical surveying coastal engineering environmental and climate strategic topics environmental quality GIS applications information and documentation 5 Iran Water Research Institute Tehran, Iran Ministry of Energy Public Research in hydraulics, hydrology, and water resources Water Water quality water resources management meteorological networking hydrometric networking hydrologic processes hydrologic forecasting hydroenvironmental hydraulic structures river and coastal water and wastewater karstic resources cloud seeding Caspian Sea 6 Japan Japan Water Agency Saitama City, Japan None Incorporated administrative agency (quasi- governmental) Construction and operation of hydraulic facilities, including testing and research Water Construction and operation hydraulic structures hydraulics floods rivers 7 Mexico Mexican Institute of Water Technology (IMTA) Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources Public Water management, and research and development in water resources Water Hydraulics water quality sewage treatment water potabilization computer center isotope hydrology audio visual production materials testing industrial wastewater treatment irrigation and drainage calibration of meteorological sensors hydrobiology hydrochemistry soil mechanics training and capacity building centre water knowledge environmental education UNAM graduate school 8 New Zealand National Centre for Water Resources (NCWR) Auckland, New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), of Ministry of Research, Science and Technology Stand-alone public company Provide science, technology, management services, and information in freshwater resources Water resources Rivers lakes surface water groundwater water quality training and information dissemination 9 Russia State Hydrological Institute Saint Petersburg, Russia Federal Service of Hydrometeorology and Monitoring of the Environment Public Research in hydrology and water resources Hydrology Hydrological networks rivers and water management water consumption and provision hydroecology river mechanics experimental hydrology climate change infoanalytics for surface water hydrologic instrumentation meteorology scientific and technical information water resources and water balance modeling of hydrologic processes hydrophysics floods GIS applications 10 United Kingdom Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), of Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Public Research in hydrology and ecology Ecology and hydrology Biodiversity ecological processes biodiversity and ecosystem services biogeochemical and climate changes climate system processes environmental and health threats change in water systems ecohydrology water management 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