GCRI · Water Nexus
STEM foundation of Water Nexus
The science, technology, engineering and mathematics Water Nexus rests on. Each method has a canonical page in the STEM Commons, hosted by the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), and a page here on how it is applied in this field.
Nine pages under STEM foundation of Water Nexus.
- 01MethodHydrology for water risk
- 02MethodWater and environmental engineering
- 03MethodGIS for water risk
- 04MethodEarth observation for water
- 05MethodSensors and telemetry for water networks
- 06MethodHydrological forecasting
- 07MethodExtreme value statistics for floods and droughts
- 08MethodSpatial statistics for water data
The methods behind the field.
- 01Hydrology and water scienceRainfall-runoff modelling of a basin · Water balance accountingSteward · Water NexusApplied here
- 02Water and environmental engineeringTreatment and distribution resilience · Water safety planningSteward · Water NexusApplied here
- 03Geospatial information systemsExposure mapping · Catchment and basin delineation · Public-safe basin mapsSteward · Space and Earth ObservationApplied here
- 04Earth observation and remote sensingFlood extent from radar · Surface water and reservoir monitoringSteward · Space and Earth ObservationApplied here
- 05Sensors, IoT and observation networksGauge and well telemetry · Utility network monitoring · Low-cost sensing with stated uncertaintySteward · Critical InfrastructureApplied here
- 06Forecasting and time-series analysisFlood forecasting by reach · Seasonal drought outlooks · Inflow forecasts for reservoirsSteward · Climate and HazardsApplied here
- 07Extreme value theory and tail riskReturn-period flows and rainfall · Regional frequency analysisSteward · Reinsurance and CatastropheApplied here
- 08Spatial statistics and geostatisticsRainfall and groundwater interpolation · Regionalisation to ungauged basinsSteward · Space and Earth ObservationApplied here
- 09Uncertainty quantification and model validationEnsemble and parameter uncertainty · Propagation through the cascade · Evidence labellingSteward · Systems Science and ModellingApplied here
Why water needs this combination of methods.
Water risk needs a hydrological core (hydrology, extreme value statistics, forecasting), observation (Earth observation, sensors, geospatial methods), spatial statistics to move between gauges and basins, uncertainty quantification to carry errors to decisions, and environmental engineering for the infrastructure that delivers water.
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Pages in STEM foundation of Water Nexus.
Hydrology for water risk
MethodWater and environmental engineering
MethodGIS for water risk
MethodEarth observation for water
MethodSensors and telemetry for water networks
MethodHydrological forecasting
MethodExtreme value statistics for floods and droughts
MethodSpatial statistics for water data
MethodUncertainty quantification for water models
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