There are currently 55 academic hydrologists affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan, along with many more researchers, fellows and graduate students working on the subject. Hydrologists are to be found in the following departments:

• Agriculture and Bioresources (soil-water relationships)
• Biology (aquatic ecology)
• Civil, Geological, and Environmental Engineering (soil hydrology, groundwater, modelling, hydraulics)
• Computer Science (modelling)
• Geography and Planning (GIS, remote sensing, rivers, hydrological processes, modelling)
• Geology (groundwater, geochemistry, isotopes)
• Soil Science (soil hydrology, water chemistry)
• School of Environment and Sustainability (aquatic ecosystems)

We additionally have very close links with Environment and Climate Change Canada's Water Science & Technology Directorate through their National Hydrology Research Centre, which is immediately adjacent to the campus, and at which a number of faculty members are based. Other links also exist with the Saskatchewan Research Council and the Western Watersheds Climate Research Collaborative.

The Centre for Hydrology contributes to the Global Institute for Water Security which coordinates a wide range of water studies and science on campus and to the NSERC CREATE training programme in Food and Water Nexus. The Centre coordinates the Global Water Futures Observatories (GWFO) secretariat and some research facilities in the Canadian Rockies and Prairies.

Hydrology and Climate

Research on global water and energy cycling, hydrometeorology, hydrology in climate and weather models, hydrological modelling, climate change impacts on water resources.

Cryospheric Hydrology Processes

Research on cold regions hydrology covers the complex interactions between atmospheric, cryospheric and hydrological domains, and their effect on streamflow, ecosystems and meteorology.

Water Resources of Western and Northern Canada

Research on the water resources of the major river basins of western and northern Canada, water management, drought, flooding, wetlands, groundwater, irrigation, cumulative effects assessment, soil water relationships, plant-water relationships, forest hydrology.

Hydroecology and Water Quality

Research on drinking water supplies, aquatic ecology, agricultural water quality, water pathways, pollutant effects on aquatic ecosystem health, development of software tools to relate changes in water quality and quantity to human development.

Effects of the Mining Sector on Water Resources

Research on mine reclamation with respect to water quality and quantity on uranium mines, oilsands, potash mines, pipelines, northern development. Research on the effects of the discharges of mine effluents on aquatic biota and water quality.

Global Water Futures Observatories

Global Water Futures Observatories (GWFO) is Canada's premier freshwater research facility, funded in part through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Major Science Initiatives (MSI). GWFO supports critical water research to safeguard Canadian water resources in an era of rapid change by operating instrumented research basins across Canada that are supported by deployable measurement systems for specialized field data acquisition and state-of-the-art water laboratories for detailed water quality, biological, and other analyses.