Getting Started with Aqueduct

The Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas is an interactive tool for analyzing global water risk. Users can specify locations via map selection, address entry, or file imports of up to 500 addresses. The tool provides various water risk indicators—including physical, regulatory, and reputational risks—with temporal resolutions (annual and monthly) and future projections for 2030, 2050, and 2080 based on CMIP6 climate data and five Global Circulation Models. Results can be exported in CSV and GPKG formats.

• Users can define geographic areas for water risk analysis through three primary methods: clicking points on an interactive map, entering specific addresses or coordinates (decimal degrees or Degrees-Minutes-Seconds), or importing files containing up to 500 addresses.
• The tool offers a variety of water risk indicators categorized by type, including overall water risk, physical risks (quantity and quality), and regulatory and reputational risk.
• Aqueduct provides future water risk projections for the years 2030, 2050, and 2080, utilizing the latest CMIP6 climate data and the median of five Global Circulation Models across pessimistic, business as usual, and optimistic scenarios.
• Analysis results can be exported in CSV and GPKG formats, with the volume of data varying by selection: annual exports provide 271 columns, monthly exports provide 28 columns, and future exports provide 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} }