The water resources engineering specialty area within Louisiana State University's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is designed to educate and train students in the fundamentals required to study and design the most challenging water resources problems in the State of Louisiana, the nation and the world. Louisiana Economic Development has identified water management as one of Louisiana's key industries. The water resources area encompasses graduate level coursework and laboratory, field and computational research relevant to basic and applied fluid flow in rivers, lakes, and aquifers. The program is designed to produce graduates who are well educated in fundamental disciplines, have a sound knowledge of relevant basic engineering practices, can adapt to change, and have the vision and insight needed to implement creative and cost effective solutions to growing water demands. Graduate studies in water resources engineering provide the framework for a new generation of engineering professionals who are well prepared to plan, design, build, and maintain our critical water resources infrastructure for a sustainable future. Graduate students enrolled in the program come from around the country and abroad, and also from the large population of practicing water resources engineers in the public and private sectors of Baton Rouge and the surrounding areas.