The centre has the following as core founding departments that participate in the teaching and research activities: Department of Biosystems and Environmental Engineering, Department of Chemical Sciences and Technology, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, and the Department of Geosciences and the Environment.  Each core department has a liaison person responsible for coordinating the delivery of curricula and research.

The Centre, housed in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology, is currently composed of the following departments:

• Department of Water Governance and Sustainability
• Department of Water Resource Planning and Management
• Department of Appropriate Water Resource Technologies
• Department of Water Quality Management and Monitoring

CIWRM is a regional centred hosted at the Technical University of Kenya aims at creating impact on the ground by developing problem-oriented researchers and knowledge across the region. The Centre facilitates inter-disciplinary research, technology development and innovation in water and related resources within TUK; educate and train the next generation of water professionals; develop and promote practices, policy making for integrated water resources management, with the aim to…>>read more>>

The vision of the IWRM Centre is to be “a centre of excellence in training, advocacy and research in the sustainable development and management of water and related resources for peace and prosperity of communities”.