National Hydrological and Hydrometeorological Services of Members

Links to the Websites of National Hydrological and Hydrometeorological Services or to other national bodies in charge of operational hydrology and water-resources assessment activities.

When responsibility in the fields of operational hydrology and water-resources assessment activities is shared among different institutions, or a National Hydrological Service as such does not exist, the link is normally to that institution from which the Hydrological Adviser has been designated.

Region I (Africa)

Algeria	Office National de la Météorologie
Benin	Direction de l'Hydraulique
Botswana	Department of Water Affairs
Burkina Faso	Direction Générale de l'Inventaire des Ressources Hydrauliques
Cameroon	IRGM - Centre de Recherches Hydrologiques
Egypt	Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation
Ethiopia	Hydrological Department - Ministry of Water Resources
Kenya	Ministry of Water and Irrigation
Lesotho	Department of Water Affairs - Lesotho Meteorological Services
Liberia	Ministry of Land, Mines and Energy
Libya
Madagascar	Direction de la Météorologie et de l'Hydrologie
Mali	Direction Nationale de l'Hydraulique
Morocco	Secrétariat d'Etat Chargé de l'Eau
Namibia	Hydrology Services - Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development
Senegal	Direction de l'Hydraulique Rurale et du Réseau Hydrographique National
Seychelles	Public Utilities Corporation
South Africa	Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
Swaziland	Department of Water Affairs
Uganda	Directorate for Water Development

Region II (Asia)

Bangladesh	Bangladesh Water Development Board
Cambodia	Department of Meteorology
China	Ministry of Water Resources
Hong Kong (China)	Hong Kong Observatory
India	Central Water Commission
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Islamic Republic of Iran Meteorological Organization
Japan	River Bureau
Kazakhstan	Kashydromet
Kyrgyzstan	Main Hydrometeorological Administration
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Department of Meteorology and Hydrology
Macao (China)	Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau
Maldives	Department of Meteorology
Mongolia	Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology
Myanmar	Department of Meteorology and Hydrology
Nepal	Department of Hydrology and Meteorology
Pakistan	Flood Forecasting Division
Republic of Korea	Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (Han River Flood Control Office)
Saudi Arabia	Water Resources Development Department - Ministry of Agriculture
Sri Lanka	Hydrology Division, Department of Irrigation
Thailand	Meteorological Development Bureau, Meteorological Department
Thailand	See also: Department of Water Resources
United Arab Emirates	Department of Water Resources Studies
Viet Nam	Hydrometeorological Service

Region III (South America)

Argentina	Instituto Superior de Investigación y Servicios de Recursos Hídricos
Argentina	See also: Instituto Nacional del Agua
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología
Brazil	Agência Nacional de Águas
Chile	Dirección General de Aguas
Colombia	Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales
Ecuador	Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología
Guyana	Hydrometeorological Service
Paraguay	Dirección de Meteorología e Hidrología
Peru	Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología
Uruguay	Dirección Nacional de Aguas y Saneamiento
Uruguay	See also: Dirección Nacional de Hidrografía
Venezuela	Dirección de Meteorología e Hidrología - Ministerio del Ambiente

Region IV (North America, Central America and the Caribbean)

Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua Public Utilities Authority
Bahamas	Water and Sewerage Corporation
Belize	National Meteorological Service
British Caribbean Territories	Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology
Canada	Environment Canada
Costa Rica	Area de Hidrología - Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
Cuba	Instituto de Meteorología
Cuba	See also: Instituto Nacional de Recursos Hidráulicos
Dominica	Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology
Dominican Republic	Oficina Nacional de Meteorologiá
Dominican Republic	See also: Instituto Nacional de Recursos Hidaulicos
El Salvador	Servicio Hidrológico Nacional
Guatemala	Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorologiá e Hidrología
Honduras	Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica
Jamaica	Water Resource Authority
Mexico	Comisión Nacional del Agua
Netherlands Antilles and Aruba	Meteorological Service
Nicaragua	Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales
Panama	Hidrometeorología ETESA
Trinidad and Tobago	Water Resources Agency
United States of America	US Geological Service

Region V (South-West Pacific)

Australia	Bureau of Meteorology - Hydrological Services Program
Cook Islands	Meteorological Service
Malaysia	Department of Irrigation and Drainage
Micronesia, Federated States of	Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure
Niue	Niue Meteorological Service
Nouvelle Calédonie (France)	Direction des Affaires Vétérinaires, Alimentaires et Rurales
New Zealand	National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Philippines	National Water Resources Board
Singapore	National Environment Agency
Solomon Islands	Water Resources Division - Ministry of Mines and Energy
Tonga	Ministry of Lands, Survey and Natural Resources

Region VI (Europe)

Albania	Institute of Hydrometeorology
Armenia	State Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Service
Austria	Abteilung Wasserhaushalt
Azerbaijan	National Hydrometeorological Department
Belarus	Department of Hydrometeorology
Belgium	Institut Royal Météorologique
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Federal Hydrometeorological Institute
Bulgaria	National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology
Croatia	Meteorological and Hydrological Service
Cyprus	Water Development Department
Czech Republic	Czech Hydrometeorological Institute
Estonia	Estonian Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Finland	Finnish Environment Institute
France	Service Central d'Hydrométéorologie et d'Appui à la Prévision des Inondations SCHAPI
Germany	Federal Institute of Hydrology
Hungary	VITUKI
Iceland	Hydrological Service - National Energy Authority
Israel	Hydrological Service
Italy	National Environmental Protection Agency
Jordan	Ministry of Water and Irrigation
Latvia	Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Agency
Lithuania	Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service
Luxembourg	Administration de la Gestion de l'Eau
Malta	Malta Resources Authority
Moldova	Hydrometeorological Service
Montenegro	Hydrometeorological Institute of Montenegro
Netherlands (the)	Wageningen University and Research Centre
Netherlands (the)	See also: Rijkswaterstaat Waterdienst
Norway	Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
Poland	Institute of Meteorology and Water Management
Portugal	Instituto da Agua
Romania	National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management
Russian Federation	Roshydromet
Serbia	Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia
Slovakia	Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute
Slovenia	Hydrology and State of the Environment Office
Spain	Dirección General de Obras Hidráulicas y Calidad de las Aguas
Sweden	Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Switzerland	Federal Office for Water and Geology, Swiss National Hydrological Survey
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Hydrometeorological Service
Turkey	General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works
Ukraine	State Committee for Hydrometeorology
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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