US Water Program

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.

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.

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.

Introducing the WASH Flows analytical tool: Integrating sanitation and watershed management for improved water governance and investments

SEI brief / A new tool developed by SEI's Bolivia WATCH team integrates sanitation and hygiene considerations into watershed planning.

Exploring the concept of water teleconnections

SEI podcast / This episode presents how current water management approaches consider natural and social processes beyond traditional political boundaries.

Developing a regional agricultural nonpoint salinity pollution management framework: application to the San Joaquin River, California

Other publication / This paper simulates policy and climate scenarios in California to inform salinity pollution management while keeping farmers in business.

Hydrological and operations forecasting in the Central Valley of California

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

Institutions and the economic efficiency of managed aquifer recharge as a mitigation strategy against drought impacts on irrigated agriculture in California

Journal article / This study analyses how managed aquifer recharge might affect irrigated agriculture in California's Kings Groundwater Basin during drought.

Assessing Reservoir Re-Operations to Improve Aquatic Habitat

Past event / Two SEI scientists will present a case study on how they used WEAP to improve habitat conditions for local Chinook salmon and steelhead trout in California.