The research program includes studies on polar law, biochemistry and biotechnology, pharmaceutical and agricultural research, hydrological and limnological studies, medical research, meteorology, and astro-climatic research.

The money had flowed freely for hydrological studies as well as planning, engineering and legal expenses.

In 1955, geological and hydrological studies were carried out on the Pong site and an embankment design was recommended.

A more in-depth hydrological study began in 1980 which identified 12 sites for dams.

Between 1974 and 1976, hydrological studies were carried out on the Porce River and between 1982 and 1983, studies regarding the river's hydroelectric development were completed.

Thus, forest ecological studies are sometimes closely aligned with meteorological and hydrological studies in regional ecosystem or resource planning studies.

After a series of geological and hydrological studies of the Kurobe River and Gorge, it was announced in late 1955 that the Kurobe Dam would be constructed.

Bittel also commissioned a comprehensive hydrological study of his flood-prone province, debate over which was drowned by a devastating 1965 flood near the capital, Resistencia.

Geological and hydrological studies were conducted in 1946 and the dam location was considered suitable.