The following are applications of WaterWorld by us or by partners. Some take the form of links to reports summarising a significant body of work, others are simple applications of the tool produced within an hour of work.
See example application blog posts by users of this tool here - Water quality impacts of mining in Bolivia (application with World Bank Quality Assurance and Compliance Unit)
- Evaporation mapping for Hawaii (application with University of Hawaii)
- Water based ecosystem services for the Shivapuri National Park, Nepal and the impacts of deforestation and forest conservation(application with Birdlife International and University of Cambridge)
- Quantifying the water based ecosystem services of the Eastern Arc Mountains (application with University of Cambridge Valuing the Arc project)
- Integration with CIAS CLIMGEN climate scenarios for understanding hydrological impacts of climate change (application with Tyndall Centre)
- Application to impacts of land use change in the of the Colonche mountains cloud forests of Ecuador: the contribution of fog and impacts of deforestation (for University of Cambridge)
- Water balance of Yemen (for UK CEH)
- Impacts of land use change for Ecuadorean dry forest and potential for the development of a water fund (for TNC)
- PES schemes for Lago Apanas Nicaragua: trade-offs between water and carbon (for IADB)
- Water balance for the Pantanal and implications of upstream land use change (for WWF)
- Flood modelling in Haiti: identifying high risk populations (for mapaction.org)
- Use by World Bank GEF in: Adaptation of Nicaragua's Water Supplies to Climate Change see here
- Use by UNDP in: Review of the Guiana Shield Priority Setting Outcomes: see Narrative Report see here
- Use by Birdlife International in their ecosystem service priority setting for Nepal under DEFRA Darwin Initiative project: see here
- Use by Conservation International for US EPA Sustainable biofuels project: water resource impacts of biofuels see here
- Use by UNEP-WCMC in their EBA Guidance: see here
- Use by Conservation International in post disaster relocation of the town of Gramalote to minimise impacts on ecosystem services: see here
- Baseline hydrology and impacts of climate change in the glaciated Santa Basin, Peru, for CGIAR
- Potential impacts of mining on downstream water quality in the Coello basin, Colombia for CGIAR
- Scenarios for deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon and their hydrological impacts
- Impacts of adoption of eco-efficient agriculture on improving water quality, Coello basin see here. For CGIAR.
- Impacts of the development of new protected areas and their afforestation on downstream water resources, Coello basin see here. For CGIAR.
- Impacts of the expansion of mining in existing concessions, Coello basin see here. For CGIAR.
- Impacts of increasing rural sanitation capacity on downstream water quality, Coello basin see here. For CGIAR.
- Impacts of projected climate change on water resources to urban areas, India, see here
- Impacts of land use change on water resources in Madagascar, for ESPA
- Coello, Colombia: understanding the impacts of mining, for CGIAR
- Sudan, impacts of climate change on water resources and agricultural potential
- Conservation agriculture scenarios for western Zambia and their impacts on water quality
- Implications of recent large-scale land use change in the Paraguayan Chaco on local and downstream water
- Climate change impacts using multi-model GCM ensemble in a glaciated landscape of Peru: the impact on rainfall uncertainity
- Evaluating land management options (riparian buffer strips, bench terracing, fanya juu, check dams) for avoiding sedimentation at dams, Tanzania (with RSPB)
- The impacts of reducing industrial and urban contaminant emissions on downstream water quality, Colombia
- The impacts of reducing domestic water use on downstream water resources and quality, Colombia
- Investigating the food-water-energy nexus in Colombia
- Investigating the impacts of livestock waste management on downstream water quality and diarrhoeal health: Tanzania
- The impacts of PES schemes for investment in water treatment: Colombia and Nepal
- The impacts of dams on water resources, sedimentation and water regulation globally
- The potential impact of of wetland drainage and flow diversion through the Sudd canal in South Sudan
- Water impacts of expanding mining and oil and gas activity in concessions throughout Latin America (for CGIAR and CDKN)
- Pipeline leakage and its impacts on water quality in Ecuador (with PetroEcuador)
- Impacts of population growth and migration on ecosystem service provision and water resources (for UK Foresight programme)
- Multistressors (climate, land use change, mining, oil and gas and poopulation growth) and their interaction in Peru's hydrological future
- Impacts of land use change and mining on water quality and quantity to the communities of the Alto Putumayo
- Water and water productivity in Central America
- Advising the Rio Daule Water Fund with WaterWorld and RIOS
- An ecosystem services scoping study for the Volta basin
- Investment scenarios for Paute, Ecuador
- Monitoring impacts of deforestation on hydrology of Magdalena basin for EartH2Observe project
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