Founded in 1979, IPHR (Institute of Pastoral Hydraulic Research, MWR) is located in Huhhot City. It is the main body of the Ecological Research Center of Water and Soil Conservation in Grassland Area of the Ministry of Water Resources of China. IPHR has 7 research directions: water resource protection and regulation in pastoral areas, irrigation and drainage and efficient water use in pastoral areas, utilization and supply of new energy in pastoral areas, soil and water conservation and ecological restoration in pastoral areas, flood control and drought resistance in pastoral areas, informationization of water conservancy in pastoral areas, and pastoral strategies. IPHR also carries out engineering consulting, planning, design, hydrological and water resources investigation and evaluation, water resources demonstration, soil and water conservation plan preparation, monitoring, acceptance evaluation, engineering survey, supervision and other work. It is a scientific research center for water conservancy in pastoral areas across the country.
IPHR has a range of platforms, including the Yinshanbeilu Grassland Eco-hydrology National Observation and Research Station, the experimental center which has got China Metrology Accreditation and a monitoring and experiment base of water and soil conservation and ecology of grassland, the field experimental station of State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, the Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Water-saving Irrigation Technology of Artificial Grassland in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and a postdoctoral research workstation.
IPHR has eight sections with 149 staff members. Among them, there are 22 senior engineers, 53 Associate Senior Engineer and 63 engineers.
Section of Water Resources
· Water resource protection and regulation in pastoral areas
Investigation of lake shrinkage
Section of Grassland Irrigation
· Irrigation and drainage and efficient water use in pastoral areas
Forage irrigation
Section of Clean Energy and Water Supply Facility
· New energy utilization and water supply in pastoral areas
Household wind solar complementary water supply system
Section of Water and Soil Conservation
· Soil and Water Conservation and Desertification Control
Research on Sand Prevention and Control
Section of Field experimental research station
· Grassland ecological restoration and water and soil resource regulation
Yinshanbeilu Grassland Eco-hydrology National Observation and Research Station
Section of groundwater
· Groundwater protection and water resource restoration
Groundwater detection
Section of flood control and disaster relief
· Comprehensive prevention of water and drought disasters in pastoral areas
Drought monitoring in grassland pastoral areas
Section of Development Strategy
· Research on the Development Strategy of Water Conservancy in Pastoral Areas
