Planning and modelling

Robust Analysis Design for the Quito Water Management System (DAR AGUA Quito)

Project / SEI is working with the Distrito Metropolitano de Quito (DMQ) to help identify robust adaptation options for the water supply system in Quito, Ecuador.

Policy-makers can build more complex water models with upgraded WEAP

Feature / The de facto tool for water planning now calculates scenarios ten times faster than before.

Modelling the Mara: stakeholders mobilize to ensure water security in Kenya and Tanzania

Perspective / The Mara River is a crucial water source for farms, villages and ecosystems. Researchers and stakeholders are working together to ensure it remains sustainable.

Integrated policy assessment and optimisation over multiple Sustainable Development Goals in Eastern Africa

Journal article / A case study examines how different mixes of land use and energy technology policies could affect progress on climate action, health and energy access SDGs.

Development of physical accounts for the UK and evaluating policy scenarios

Other publication

Water Management Adaptations to Prevent Loss of Spring-Run Chinook Salmon in California under Climate Change

Journal article / Using a WEAP model, this paper finds that simple changes to water operations are unlikely to prevent the extinction of spring-run Chinook salmon in Butte Creek.

Yolo County farmers’ perspectives on water management and the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

Other publication / These three reports summarize the findings of a survey of Yolo County farmers, focusing on their concerns, preferences and practices.

Water work in California

Project / SEI researchers work throughout California to model complex water systems and explore sustainable management options.

Dancing rivers of Myanmar – mapping moves from space

Perspective / SEI and its partners are developing a new seasonal river morphological monitoring and warning system to help with flood forecasting in Myanmar.