Getting Started with Aqueduct

This guide explains how to use the World Resources Institute's Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas to analyze global water risk. It details methods for adding locations (map, address, or file import), selecting risk indicators (including CMIP6-based future scenarios for 2030, 2050, and 2080), and exporting the resulting data in CSV or GPKG formats.

• The Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas allows users to analyze global water risk by selecting specific indicators and adding locations via an interactive map, manual entry of addresses or coordinates, or by importing a file. File imports support up to 500 addresses per file and require specific formats for either addresses (ID, location name, and address) or decimal coordinates (ID, location name, latitude, and longitude).
• Users can customize their water risk analysis by selecting indicators based on type (overall water risk, physical risks quantity, physical risks quality, regulatory and reputational risk, or single indicators), temporal resolutions (annual or monthly), and future timeframes (2030, 2050, and 2080). Future projections are based on the latest CMIP6 climate data and three scenarios: pessimistic, business as usual, and optimistic, using the median of 5 Global Circulation Models.
• Analysis results can be exported in CSV and GPKG formats. The volume of data exported depends on the selection: annual baseline exports include 271 columns, monthly exports include 28 columns, and future exports cover three timeframes and scenarios across 123 columns.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Getting Started with Aqueduct. https://www.wri.org/aqueduct/help-center/how-use-analysis-features-water-risk-atlas

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Getting Started with Aqueduct. n.d. https://www.wri.org/aqueduct/help-center/how-use-analysis-features-water-risk-atlas.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendgetting, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Getting Started with Aqueduct}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/aqueduct/help-center/how-use-analysis-features-water-risk-atlas}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }