US Water Program Archives

Drip irrigation hoses snake through rows of tiny green sprouts emerging from dry, cracked ground in Spain.

RECLAMO: the contribution of water reuse to a resource-efficient and sustainable water management for irrigation

Project / Growing pressure on water resources and climate uncertainty call for alternatives to over-pumping aquifers. RECLAMO explores the potential of reclaimed water.

2022 / About Adaptation, Food and agriculture, Innovation, Planning and modelling and Water resources

Aeirial view of a river in Colombia with landmasses of trees and buildings extending into the waterway

Serious games tackle serious challenges in the world’s complicated water systems

Feature / SEI uses a tool known as serious games to test water management policies and promote communication among local communities.

14 September 2022 / About Adaptation, Cities, Disaster Risk, Food and agriculture, Participation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sanitation, Water resources and Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Klamath River

Project / SEI is building a water allocation and hydrology model in the Upper Klamath River basin.

2022 / About Planning and modelling, Public policy and Water resources

Frailejones shrubs dot the foreground in a muted green grassland, while a large body of water spreads at the feet of some mountains in the background at El Angel Ecological Reserve in northern Ecuador

World Water Week: Highlighting the value of páramo land conservation in vulnerability reduction

Past event / SEI Senior Scientist Laura Forni presents a short lecture on how conserving páramo land in Ecuador preserves water supply for a rapidly urbanizing country.

31 August 2022 / About Adaptation, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Land use, Planning and modelling, Public policy and Water resources

Canyon and river beneath a blue sky outside Tupiza, Bolivia

Connecting water access with multidimensional poverty: the case of Tupiza River Basin in Bolivia

Journal article / This study analyses water access and poverty linkages in Bolivia's Tupiza River Basin.

30 August 2022 / About Food and agriculture, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sanitation, Water resources and Water-Energy-Food Nexus

A lake in Uyuni, Bolivia reflects the mountains above it and punctuates the brown desert highlands

World Water Week: Sanitation and watershed management cooperation for improved governance and investments

Past event / This online session at World Water Week reviews Bolivia WATCH, a program that connects water sanitation and watershed management in Bolivia.

24 August 2022 / About Cities, Food and agriculture, Participation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sanitation and Water resources

This figure maps the water resources of Morocco's Souss Massa River Basin, indicating the dams, rivers and aquifers in the region

From participatory process to robust decision-making: an agriculture-water-energy nexus analysis for the Souss-Massa basin in Morocco

Journal article / SEI scientists used a stakeholder-driven method to explore solutions to a Moroccan river basin's water scarcity through the lens of the water-energy-food nexus.

17 August 2022 / About Adaptation, Business, Climate policy, Energy access, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Participation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Renewables, Sustainable Development Goals, Water resources and Water-Energy-Food Nexus

View of Amman, Jordan, with smaller buildings and road traffic in the foreground and taller buildings in the background beneath a blue sky.

An assessment of strategies for sustainability priority challenges in Jordan using a water-energy-food Nexus approach

Journal article / This study aimed to support robust decision-making for planning and management of water-energy-food (WEF) nexus systems in the country of Jordan.

7 July 2022 / About Adaptation, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Mitigation, Participation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals, Water resources and Water-Energy-Food Nexus

A white house in a background hillside overlooks a nearly-dry lake bed near Friant Dam, outside of Fresno, California.

Hydrological and operations forecasting in the Central Valley of California

Project / SEI researchers are developing a long-range automated water forecasting tool for the California State Water Resources Control Board.

2022 - 2024 / About Cities, Disaster Risk, Food and agriculture, Planning and modelling and Water resources