US Water Program

Resilience of the Eastern African electricity sector to climate driven changes in hydropower generation

Journal article / This study finds that the most resilient energy plan for the Eastern African Power Pool is one that assumes a slightly wetter climate than historical trends.

Thinking like a water model

Perspective / An innovative water management exercise fostered hands-on learning in Cambodia at a workshop held through the Sustainable Water Partnership.

How can we support the development of robust groundwater sustainability plans?

Journal article / This article describes the development of a groundwater sustainability plan for California's Yolo County, using a participatory decision-making process.

Examining poverty and equality in water resources planning

SEI working paper / This paper describes the development of poverty-related indicators in SEI's Water Evaluation And Planning (WEAP) tool.

A philosophical justification for a novel analysis-supported, stakeholder-driven participatory process for water resources planning and decision making

Journal article / The authors explore early classical writing from Plato and Aristotle to find a new approach to water resource planning and decision-making.

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.