Welcome!

The Water Resources Management and Drought Planning Group at the University of Washington is under the leadership of Dr. Richard N. Palmer.  The Group specializes in the areas of water resources management, drought planning, climate change impacts, shared vision modeling, and decision support systems, making use of large-scale mathematical models, simulation tools, disciplined planning approaches, and mediation techniques.

During the past decade the Group has had the opportunity to work on water resource problems and conflicts in nearly every region in the United States, from Florida to Washington and California to Massachusetts.  We have also applied our research internationally in Korea, Jordan, Mexico, and on the Nile River.   

This webpage has been designed to introduce the general approach we have taken to in our research, to describe specific research projects, and to archive past project results, reports, data sets, publications and presentations.  Most links in this webpage are open to the general public; however, portions of the webpage are password protected to provide security for our sponsors.  This webpage is updated frequently, so please return soon for our most current research results and descriptions of new projects.  In addition, this page is link to Dr. Palmer’s teaching materials, which may be of interest to some students and other faculty.

If you are unable to find information that would be valuable to you, are interested in enlisting our help in addressing a water resources problem, or would like to work with us as a student or collaborator, please contact Richard Palmer at palmer@u.washington.edu.