"Education and Collaboration"

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Faced with the challenges of restoring the watershed, recovering fish runs, and better managing limited water resources, organizations in the Walla Walla Valley have come together in a spirit of collaboration and cooperation to create the Walla Walla Community College William A. Grant Water & Environmental Center.

The William A. Grant Water & Environmental Center (WEC) opened on October 12^th, 2007.  The WEC stands as an example of the region’s commitment of conserving, managing, and enhancing the Walla Walla Watershed.  The building itself is evidence of a milestone in progress towards addressing water management and environmental restoration issues.

The WEC cooperates with all interested parties to create an academic and community-based learning environment.

• Professional Technical Education
• Watershed Ecology Program offers a new degree in environmental restoration!
• Water Management Program offers two AAAS degrees, Irrigation Technology and Water Resources Technology 
• Water Conservation Endorsement (15 credits) focused on professional development.
• Short-courses and online classes.

• Community Events and Programs
• Special interest classes.
• Free community workshops and events focused on natural resource management and conservation.
• K-12 Hands-On Learning experiential environmental education programs.

The WEC provides resources and links to other organizations both online and on campus, with spaces leased by local and state governmental agencies, local non-profit organizations, and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

For more information about the WEC please contact us by visiting the Contact page on this site (driving directions can also be found on the Contact page).