Global Water Directory
A curated list of 370 international, regional, and national organizations working across water resources, sanitation, governance, research, and technology. Each entry includes a concise description, country, and official URL.
Total entries: 150
1. UN-Water
2. International Water Association (IWA)
3. World Water Council
4. Water.org
5. WaterAid
6. Water For People
7. Global Water Partnership (GWP)
URL: https://www.gwp.org
8. International Desalination Association (IDA)
9. World Resources Institute (WRI)
URL: https://www.wri.org
10. International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
11. Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
URL: https://www.siwi.org
12. Pacific Institute
URL: https://pacinst.org
13. The Nature Conservancy – Water Program
14. International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA)
15. International Rivers
16. African Water Association (AfWA)
17. Asia Water Council (AWC)
18. Arab Water Council
19. European Water Association (EWA)
20. Latin American Water Tribunal (TLA)
URL: https://tragua.com
21. Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS)
URL: https://a4ws.org
22. Freshwater Action Network (FAN)
23. Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA)
URL: https://gwopa.org
24. International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC)
25. International WaterCentre (IWC)
26. International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)
URL: https://www.icid.org
27. International Hydropower Association (IHA)
28. World Bank Water Global Practice
29. Ramsar Convention Secretariat
30. Aquafed – The International Federation of Private Water Operators
31. Blue Planet Network
32. Clean Water Action
33. Conservation International – Freshwater Program
34. European Environment Agency – Water
35. Global Water Challenge (GWC)
36. International Water Resources Association (IWRA)
URL: https://www.iwra.org
37. Ocean Conservancy – Water Initiatives
38. Wetlands International
39. WWF – Freshwater Program
40. International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)
41. River Network
42. Save the Water
43. Surfrider Foundation – Water Quality Program
44. The Water Project
45. Water Research Commission (WRC)
46. World Health Organization – WASH
47. International Joint Commission (IJC)
URL: https://www.ijc.org
48. US Water Alliance
49. Xylem Watermark
50. Japan Water Forum (JWF)
51. Australian Water Partnership (AWP)
52. Canadian Water Network (CWN)
53. Water Environment Federation (WEF)
URL: https://www.wef.org
54. International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)
URL: https://www.iahr.org
55. Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)
56. Korean Water Forum (KWF)
57. African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW)
58. China Water Risk
59. Brazilian Water Agency (ANA)
60. Caribbean Water and Sewerage Association (CAWASA)
61. Mekong River Commission (MRC)
62. Nile Basin Initiative (NBI)
63. Danube Commission
64. Partnership for Water Sustainability in British Columbia
65. Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) – Water Standards
66. Dutch Water Authorities (Unie van Waterschappen)
URL: https://www.uvw.nl
67. Finnish Water Forum (FWF)
68. Swiss Water Partnership (SWP)
69. Spanish Water Technology Platform (PTEA)
70. South Asia Water Initiative (SAWI)
71. CAREC – Water Program
72. International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM)
73. UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR)
74. Water New Zealand
75. Singapore International Water Week (SIWW)
76. Philippine Water Works Association (PWWA)
77. Thailand Water Institute (TWI)
78. Vietnam Water Supply and Sewerage Association (VWSA)
79. Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR)
80. Iran Water Resources Management Company
URL: http://www.wrm.ir
81. Turkish Water Institute (SUEN)
82. Israel Water Authority
83. Jordan Valley Authority (JVA)
84. Lebanese Water Establishments
85. Egypt Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW)
86. Moroccan National Office for Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE)
87. South African Local Government Association – Water Programs (SALGA)
88. Ethiopian Water Technology Institute
89. Kenya Water Institute (KEWI)
90. Uganda National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC)
91. Tanzania Water and Sanitation Network (TAWASANET)
92. Rwanda Water and Forestry Authority
93. Malawi Water Board
URL: https://www.mwb.mw
94. Zambezi River Authority (ZRA)
95. Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM)
96. SADC – Water Division
URL: https://www.sadc.int
97. West African Water Partnership (WA-WP)
98. African Groundwater Network (AGW-Net)
URL: https://agw-net.org
99. Pan African Water Network (PAWN)
100. Pacific Water and Wastewater Association (PWWA)
URL: https://www.pwwa.ws
101. Micronesian Water Committee
102. Samoa Water Authority
103. Tonga Water Board
104. Fiji Water Authority
105. Melanesian Spearhead Group – Water Cooperation Program
106. International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC)
107. Sanitation and Water for All (SWA)
108. Global Sanitation Fund (GSF)
109. UN Water for Sustainable Development (2018–2028)
110. Blue Planet Prize – Water Initiatives
111. Stockholm Water Prize
112. Aqua Publica Europea (APE)
113. Alliance for Water Efficiency (AWE)
114. Water Research Australia (WaterRA)
115. Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA)
URL: https://www.cwra.org
116. Freshwater Future
117. Waterkeeper Alliance
118. American Water Works Association (AWWA)
URL: https://www.awwa.org
119. National Ground Water Association (NGWA)
URL: https://www.ngwa.org
120. Groundwater Foundation
121. International Society for Groundwater Resources
URL: https://www.isgr.org
122. Water Environment & Reuse Foundation (WERF)
URL: https://www.werf.org
123. WaterReuse Association (WateReuse)
124. Recycled Water Association of Australia (RWAA)
125. Desalination Society of North America (DSNA)
126. European Desalination Society (EDS)
127. Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC)
128. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
129. Himalayan River Basin Initiative
130. Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB)
131. Sri Lanka National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB)
132. Maldives Water and Sewerage Company (MWSC)
133. Bhutan Water Partnership
134. Afghan Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW)
135. International Rivers – Asia Program
136. Mekong Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation Program
137. Asian Development Bank – Water Sector Group
138. Islamic Development Bank – Water Division
URL: https://www.isdb.org
139. World Vision – WASH Program
140. Oxfam – Water and Sanitation Program
141. CARE International – Water+ Program
142. Save the Children – WASH
143. Plan International – WASH Program
144. UNICEF – WASH
145. Red Cross – Water and Sanitation Program
URL: https://www.ifrc.org
146. Mercy Corps – Water and Climate Program
147. Catholic Relief Services – WASH Program
URL: https://www.crs.org
148. Heifer International – Water for Life Program
149. International Joint Commission – Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
150. United Nations Environment Programme – Global Environment Monitoring System for Water (GEMS/Water)
151. Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA)
152. WaterLex
153. International Water Law Project (IWLP)
154. World Water Academy
155. International Water History Association (IWHA)
URL: https://www.iwha.net
156. Water and Climate Coalition
157. Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS)
158. Arava Institute – Water Management Program
URL: https://arava.org
159. International Ocean Institute (IOI) – Freshwater Linkages
160. Global Environmental Facility – International Waters
161. African Water Facility (AWF)
162. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – Water Program
163. Global Water Leaders Group
164. Aqua Rating
165. The Water Network by AquaSPE
166. Water Foundry
167. International Water Stewardship Programme (IWaSP)
168. Global Water Intelligence (GWI)
169. Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)
170. Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF)
171. African Development Bank – Water Sector Department
URL: https://www.afdb.org
172. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) – Hydrology and Water Resources
173. Inter-American Development Bank – Water and Sanitation Division
URL: https://www.iadb.org
174. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development – Water Projects
URL: https://www.ebrd.com
175. Green Climate Fund – Water Adaptation Projects
176. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – Water Governance
URL: https://www.undp.org
177. FAO – Land and Water Division
178. UN-Habitat – Water and Sanitation Programme
179. World Economic Forum – Water Initiative
180. International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) – Water-Energy Nexus
181. Global Partnership on Water and Disasters (GPWD)
URL: https://www.gpwd.org
182. Global Water Policy Project
183. International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)
URL: https://iah.org
184. Water Youth Network (WYN)
185. World Resources Forum – Water & Resource Nexus
186. Global Water Partnership Mediterranean (GWP-Med)
187. International Water Resources Economics Consortium (IWREC)
188. World Council of Civil Engineers – Water Committee
URL: https://www.wcce.biz
189. Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy (HELP)
190. UN Economic Commission for Europe – Water Convention
191. Global Water Futures (GWF)
URL: https://gwf.usask.ca
192. Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF)
URL: https://apwf.org
193. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP)
194. New Water Culture Foundation
URL: https://www.fnca.eu
195. Water Footprint Network (WFN)
196. Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science (CWLPS)
197. International Water Mist Association (IWMA)
URL: https://www.iwma.net
198. African Water and Sanitation Association (AWASA)
199. Blue Economy Development Framework – Water Initiatives
200. International Water Centre for Excellence
201. UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
202. Delft University of Technology – Water Management Department
203. University of Oxford – Water Programme
204. University of California, Davis – Center for Watershed Sciences
205. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS)
206. Stanford University – Water in the West
207. Colorado State University – One Water Solutions Institute
208. Texas A&M University – Water Management and Hydrological Science Program
209. International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change
210. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – Water Resources Department
URL: https://www.ufz.de
211. ETH Zurich – Institute of Environmental Engineering (IfU)
URL: https://ifu.ethz.ch
212. Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)
URL: https://www.eawag.ch
213. University of Cape Town – Future Water Institute
214. University of Pretoria – Water Institute (UPWI)
215. University of Queensland – Australian Rivers Institute
216. Griffith University – International Water Centre
217. University of Melbourne – Waterway Ecosystem Research Group
218. University of Canterbury – Waterways Centre for Freshwater Management
219. Lincoln University – Centre for Land, Environment and People (LEaP)
220. Asian Institute of Technology – Water Engineering and Management Program
221. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee – Water Resources Development & Management
222. National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) India
223. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology – Institute of Water and Flood Management
224. University of Colombo – Centre for Environmental and Water Studies
URL: https://cmb.ac.lk
225. University of the South Pacific – Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development
226. University of the West Indies – Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES)
227. Universidad de Concepción – Water Research Centre for Agriculture and Mining (CRHIAM)
228. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile – Water Research Institute
URL: https://www.uc.cl
229. Universidad Nacional de La Plata – Water Institute
230. National Water Research Institute (NWRI) Canada
231. Great Lakes Water Institute (GLWI)
URL: https://uwm.edu/glwi
232. University of Arizona – Water Resources Research Center (WRRC)
233. University of Florida – Water Institute
234. University of Nebraska – Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute
235. Kansas State University – Global Research on Water
236. University of British Columbia – Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)
URL: https://ires.ubc.ca
237. McGill University – Brace Centre for Water Resources Management
238. University of Alberta – Water Initiative
239. Norwegian University of Life Sciences – Water and Environment Research Group
URL: https://www.nmbu.no
240. Lund University – Water Resources Engineering
241. University of Copenhagen – Water Systems Research Group
URL: https://www.ku.dk
242. University of Helsinki – Freshwater Centre
243. University of Warsaw – Water Centre
244. Charles University – Institute of Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology and Applied Geophysics
245. Budapest University of Technology and Economics – Department of Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering
URL: https://www.bme.hu
246. Moscow State University – Water Problems Institute
URL: http://www.wplab.ru
247. Peking University – Water Research Center
248. Tsinghua University – State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering
249. Zhejiang University – Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources
250. National University of Singapore – Centre for Water Research
251. Nanyang Technological University – Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI)
252. Monash University – Water Sensitive Cities CRC
253. University of Western Australia – Centre for Water Research
254. Curtin University – Water Quality Research Centre
255. University of Tasmania – Water and Marine Research
256. University of Hong Kong – Water Research Group
URL: https://www.hku.hk
257. Chinese University of Hong Kong – Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability
258. University of Malaya – Water Research Group
259. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia – Institute of Water and Environment
URL: https://www.utm.my
260. Universiti Sains Malaysia – River Engineering and Urban Drainage Research Centre (REDAC)
261. University of the Philippines – National Hydraulic Research Center
262. De La Salle University – Water Research Center
263. Chulalongkorn University – Center for Water Resources Engineering
264. Kasetsart University – Faculty of Engineering, Water Resources Department
265. Kyoto University – Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Water Resources Research Center
266. University of Tokyo – Institute of Industrial Science, Water Environment Section
267. Tohoku University – Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Water Systems Engineering
268. Hokkaido University – Research Faculty of Engineering, Water Environment Systems
269. University of Karachi – Institute of Environmental Studies (Water Section)
270. NED University of Engineering and Technology – Department of Environmental Engineering
271. Mehran University of Engineering and Technology – US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water
272. University of Engineering and Technology Lahore – Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Engineering
273. Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR)
274. COMSATS University Islamabad – Department of Environmental Sciences (Water Research)
275. International Waterlogging and Salinity Research Institute (IWASRI)
276. African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW)
277. Asian Water Council
278. Pacific Water and Wastewater Association (PWWA)
URL: https://www.pwwa.ws
279. Arab Water Council
280. Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA)
URL: https://www.cwwa.net
281. European Water Association (EWA)
282. Mediterranean Water Institute (IME)
283. Global Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS)
URL: https://a4ws.org
284. Partnership for Water Sustainability in British Columbia
285. International RiverFoundation
286. Rivers Trust
287. World Fish Migration Foundation
288. Freshwater Action Network
289. Global Oceanic Environmental Survey (GOES) – Freshwater Division
290. Transboundary Water Management Network
291. Danube River Protection Convention
292. Mekong River Commission
293. Nile Basin Initiative
294. Lake Victoria Basin Commission
295. Indus River System Authority (International Liaison)
296. Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization – Water Program
297. International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC)
298. Global Environment Facility – International Waters
299. Petersberg Process on Transboundary Water Management
URL: https://www.bmz.de
300. Water Integrity Network
301. Sanitation and Water for All (SWA)
302. Alliance for Water Efficiency
303. Aquafed – International Federation of Private Water Operators
304. Blue Planet Network
305. Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)
306. Safe Water Network
307. Friends of the Earth – Water Program
URL: https://foe.org
308. World Wide Fund for Nature – Freshwater Program
309. Greenpeace – Water Campaign
310. Environmental Defense Fund – Water Resources
URL: https://www.edf.org
311. The Nature Conservancy – Water Program
312. Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat
313. Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
URL: https://unece.org
314. Arctic Council – Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment Working Group
315. Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission – Water Division
URL: https://helcom.fi
316. Global Water Leaders Group
317. International Water Resources Association (IWRA)
URL: https://www.iwra.org
318. Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA)
URL: https://gwopa.org
319. International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM)
320. Hydroaid – Water for Development Management Institute
321. International Hydropower Association – Water Sustainability Division
322. International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)
323. World Water Monitoring Challenge
324. WaterLex
325. International Water Law Association
URL: https://iwla-int.org
326. Global Water Research Coalition
327. Water Environment Federation (WEF)
URL: https://www.wef.org
328. World Waternet Alliance
329. Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership (GWSP)
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331. International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
332. Pacific Institute – Water Program
URL: https://pacinst.org
333. WaterAid International
334. Global Water Partnership (GWP)
URL: https://www.gwp.org
335. Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
URL: https://www.siwi.org
336. Aqua Publica Europea
337. Freshwater Future
338. Water Action Hub
339. Global Water Forum
340. Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean
URL: https://gwpmed.org
341. African Water Association (AfWA)
342. Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF)
URL: https://apwf.org
343. International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)
URL: https://iah.org
344. International Desalination Association (IDA)
URL: https://idadesal.org
345. International Water Association – Young Water Professionals
346. Latin American Water Tribunal (TLA)
URL: https://tragua.com
347. Southern African Development Community – Water Division (SADC Water)
URL: https://www.sadc.int
348. West African Water Partnership
349. Blue Peace Central Asia
350. European Union Water Initiative (EUWI)
URL: https://europa.eu
351. Global Rainwater Harvesting Collective
352. International Sedimentation Initiative (ISI)
URL: https://isi.iahr.org
353. International Water History Association (IWHA)
URL: https://iwha.net
354. Living Lakes Network
355. Mountain Partnership – Water Initiatives
356. Pacific Water Research Centre
357. Protect Our Water and Environmental Resources (POWER)
358. Rivers Without Borders
359. Waterkeepers Alliance
360. Wetlands International
361. World Resources Institute – Water Program
URL: https://www.wri.org
362. World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)
363. Zero Water Day Partnership
364. AquaFed Asia
365. Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI)
366. Global Coalition for Water Justice
367. Global Water Operators Network – Africa
URL: https://gwopa.org
368. International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA)
369. Water Youth Network
370. World Urban Water Alliance
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