It is a center established in the year 2016 and affiliated to the Ministry of Water Resources, Irrigation and Electricity after the approval of the Council of Ministers at the meeting held at the Umm Dabaker Thermal Station
The study of the establishment of the center was prepared by a team of international experts dispatched by UNESCO in conjunction with a number of national experts at the request of His Excellency the President of the Republic in 2006
The center is interested in all areas of research with regard to water resources in the country and its structure includes multiple departments such as: hydrology and water basins, irrigation and drainage studies, groundwater studies, river engineering, drinking water and sanitation, environmental, social and economic studies, integrated management of water resources, engineering studies of dams.