GCRI · Water Nexus
Innovation and practical technology
Technology relevant to water, climate and hazards and critical infrastructure: what it can do, the constraints it faces and its consequences for people and institutions.
The workspace for innovation and practical technology.
Innovation pipeline
Water · Stage gates · Example interface, not a record
By readiness level
Readiness criteria
pilot vs gate
Pilot issues
- I-1Data licence for pilot siteTo check5 d
- I-2Observer protocol signedDone4 d
Water Nexus · Innovation pipeline. Innovation pipeline: example names and illustrative values, not a record.
Evaluate before adopting.
- 01
Need
Which problem does the technology address, and for whom?
- 02
Evidence
What has been demonstrated, under what conditions, and what remains untested?
- 03
Constraints
Cost, skills, infrastructure, data and governance requirements.
- 04
Consequences
Effects on safety, rights, equity and the environment.
What could change water risk practice, and what it still has to show.
| Technology | What it could change | What remains to be shown |
|---|---|---|
| Wide-swath satellite altimetry (for example the SWOT mission) | River and lake levels in ungauged basins | Accuracy on narrow rivers and under vegetation; continuity beyond mission life |
| Machine-learning rainfall-runoff models | Better prediction in ungauged basins by learning across many catchments | Behaviour under unprecedented extremes and changing land use |
| Low-cost water-level and quality sensors | Denser observation for utilities and communities | Calibration drift, maintenance and data stewardship over years |
| Smart metering and leakage analytics | Visibility of non-revenue water and demand | Data protection, utility capacity to act on the data |
| Managed aquifer recharge | Storing wet-season water underground | Site-specific hydrogeology, water quality and long-term monitoring |
Promising methods are tried in Labs and built in Foundry; none is presented here as proven.
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