About

The Water Research Institute's approach to water has been inspired by the work of Theodor Schwenk - author of "Sensitive Chaos" and the Institute for Flow Sciences.

The Water Research Institute operates as an incubator for ideas and new directions in the applications of the knowledge of water acquired through empirical research, development of practical applications and education.

Our mission is to awaken, through education and phenomena research, a new awareness of water’s role as an element of life and to develop new criteria and directions for the improvement, protection and management of water quality.

The basis for WRI’s work is to seek a definition of water based upon its positive qualities. From this standpoint we work to:

• Discover a deeper understanding of water and its fundamental qualities.
• Articulate and disseminate findings about the relationship between water’s inherent qualities as a fragile, life-giving resource and the ways of managing it.
• Advocate, support and facilitate projects that arise out of this deepened understanding of water.

WRI was founded in 1991 as a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization. Our primary offices and research laboratories are located in Blue Hill, Maine. The Institute serves as a center for educational conferences and seminars, sponsor of the dessemination of ideas around developing a new consciousness of water and of research projects into water quality, and as a developer of resources for educators. We also provide consulting services in scientific and cultural aspects of water education and management.

WRI works in conjunction with the Institut für Stromungswissenschaften.