一背景七十年代以前,世界上已有一些以水资源某一特定领域为研究对象的国际性学术组织或团体,但缺少综合水资源全部领域为研究对象的国际性团体。后来,在美国依里诺大学教授周文德博士(已于1981年7月逝世)及欧美有关人士的共同努力下,1972年4月在美国成立了国际水资源协会(IWRA)。 A Background Before the seventies, there were already some international academic organizations or groups that focused on a specific area of ​​water resources, but lacked international groups that integrated all fields of water resources. Later, with the joint efforts of Dr. Zhou Wende, a professor at the University of Illinois, who died in July 1981, and the relevant people in Europe and the United States, the International Association of Water Resources (IWRA) was established in the United States in April 1972.