International Water History Association

The purpose of IWHA is :
– to encourage, promote, and foster historical understanding of, and research in, the relationship between water and humankind,
– to foster a stronger relationship between those engaged in water history and water administrators, engineers, scientists, planners and other practitioners,
– to foster public awareness of the role of water in world history and to promote public participation in resolving water resource issues,
– to take other actions deemed by the Association to be supportive of its purposes.