Regional Centre on Groundwater Resources Education Training & Research was established as a state corporation under the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation. In cognizant of the important role for groundwater in economic development in the country, the Government of the Republic of Kenya established the Regional Centre on Groundwater Research through a Legal Notice No. 252 of 18th December, 2015. The Legal Notice was operationalized in 2016.
The aim of the Centre is to:
i. Initiate and conduct research in mapping and assessment of aquifer systems.
ii. Management, conservation, protection and Governance of groundwater resources.
iii. Offer training programmes, workshops, seminars in groundwater resources management and development.
iv. Provide a forum for effective collaboration with the public, private sectors and all other persons, whether local or foreign for the development of groundwater resources.
v. Promote civic education through public awareness programme in relation to groundwater management.
vi. Prepare, disseminate and transmit scientific and technical information through the mass media, e-learning, distance learning and any other mode especially with regard to local and regional scientific , technical and management knowledge in the various domains of groundwater management and development.
vii. Initiate and propose policy review on groundwater management.
viii. Offer consultancy services in groundwater management.