WVWRI
West Virginia Water Research Institute
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Significant water resource issues in West Virginia include impacts from energy (coal, oil, and gas) extraction (mine water discharges, hydraulic fracturing), industrial sources (electric power generation, manufacturing, chemical storage tank leakages), inadequate wastewater infrastructure, storm water discharges and floods. The West Virginia Water Research Institute develops water research priorities with oversight and guidance from the West Virginia Advisory Committee for Water Research.