Established in 2015, WPI’s Water Resources Outreach Center (WROC) is a theme-based project center, focused on the theme of water resources protection. Topic areas include drinking water supply, storm water management, wastewater management, and climate change mitigation.
The WROC is dedicated to assisting watershed stakeholders on projects that help them address their water resources challenges, and also providing opportunities for WPI undergraduate students to learn about how they can make a difference for these communities. These projects also assist the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MA DEP) expand their capacity and help the watershed associations and coalitions as they tackle challenging water resources issues.
