Services
Water Research Institute provides a range of
world-class research services for the management
of the aquatic environment.
Our team of professional engineers and scientists
deliver environmental solutions to national and
international clients including water authorities,
environmental agencies, reservoir operators and
mining companies.
• Research, Library & Documentation
and Printing
• Aquaculture Research & Development
Centre, with a hatchery for production of fish
fingerlings
• Formulation of fish feed from local
agriculture by-products for cost-effective fish
production in ponds.
• Research vessel (M.V Daphina) for data
collection on Volta lake
• State of the Art water quality laboratories,
for drinking water quality and pollution assessments
• DIONEX Ion Chromatograph. For analysis
of cations and anions
• UNICAM 969 AA Spectrometer fitted with
furnace and hydride generations systems
• Specialized Software (HYDATA, Arc View,
ERDAS, HYROM for Data Analyses)
• Geo technical supervision (drilling)/
Pumping tests.
• Hydro geological and geophysical investigations
to detect suitable sites for drilling boreholes/
hand-dug wells
• Drilling of wells, boreholes for communities,
agricultural and mining concerns , schools and
churches.
• Borehole logging and hydraulic fracturing.
• Remote Sensing & Geographical Information
System Laboratory for studies on impacts of land
use and other environmental changes on -----water
resources.
• Design of small scale dams, reservoirs
and dugouts.
• Hydro meteorological station for weather
monitoring.
• Surface water resources assessment for
agriculture, mining, environmental management,
irrigation, community water development etc.
• Design of urban drainage and flood control
systems.
• Nutrients, trace metals, hydro carbons
& micro biological analyses
•Environmental impact Assessment
• Control of aquatic weeds e.g. water
hyacinth.
• Control of water-borne/water-related
diseases.
• Preparation of biological larvicides
for mosquito control
• Collaborative Studies and Training.
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