US Water Program

Access to water is not equal. This framework can help

Feature / SEI researchers take a first step toward water analysis that considers inequality, by developing poverty-related indicators in WEAP.

Navigating the water-energy governance landscape and climate change adaptation strategies in the northern Patagonia region of Argentina

Journal article / This paper uses the Robust Decision Support (RDS) framework to examine the water resource challenges for a large basin in northern Patagonia, Argentina.

Poverty, water and gender in Cambodia

Project / This project will create a poverty framework for the Stung Chinit basin and incorporate it into a water resources model.

Basin-scale impacts of hydropower development on the Mompós Depression wetlands, Colombia

Journal article / This study examines how the continued development of hydroelectric dams could affect one of the largest wetland systems in South America.

Create expert water models more easily with new version of WEAP

Feature / A major update to SEI’s flagship water modelling tool enables policy-makers and researchers to more easily determine watershed boundaries and river pathways.

Analysis of optimal thresholds for identification of open water using MODIS-derived spectral indices for two coastal wetland systems in Mexico

Journal article / This paper discusses remote sensing based approaches for mapping open water surfaces using MODIS data.

With new model, Bolivia can better address a growing water crisis

Feature / SEI researchers recently unveiled the first comprehensive model of Bolivia’s rivers, lakes and streams, as part of the Bolivia National Water Balance.

Ventura River

Project / SEI is building the Ventura Water Allocation Model (VWAM) using SEI’s flagship WEAP software for the Ventura River watershed in California.

Guidance materials for mainstreaming gender perspectives into model-based policy analysis

Other publication / This document draws on SEI experience with WEAP and LEAP to provide guidance for mainstreaming gender and social equity issues into modelling studies