The mission of the RIWRB is to assure that Rhode Island has enough fresh, clean water, now and in the future. The WUNDR database is a first step to make water withdrawal data accessible to the public, water suppliers, researchers, and other interested stakeholders, providing insight about the ways water is used and distributed across the State.

The RIWRB and the University of Rhode Island (URI) were awarded a USGS Water-Use Data and Research Program Grant (WUDR) #G20AS00053-G20AC00340 in September 2020. The main objective of the project was to create a publicly available, web-accessible database that is first populated with all public water supply withdrawals for Rhode Island

All the State’s waters are shared, interconnected natural resources. In Rhode Island, water is abundant but not infinite or equally available. There is a need to account for water withdrawals and uses to ensure that there is enough water to support Rhode Islanders and their natural environment, now and in the future.

To support these goals, the RIWRB is required by statute to compile, analyze, and maintain an inventory (database) of all water withdrawals and uses within the State. Follow the link for additional figures and analysis of public water supply withdrawals in Rhode Island.