From the DG
IWMI and Covid-19
Statement from Claudia Sadoff, Director General of IWMI, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Blogs
Challenge winner moves forward with IoT to develop world first database
A network of solar irrigation pumps equipped with sensors that connect to the Internet will potentially provide a world first database of groundwater usage in sub-Saharan Africa.
Blogs
Mainstreaming technology provides key solutions for disaster risk mitigation
Scientists at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) were invited to contribute to a number of chapters in WWDR 2020, including chapter 4 (Water-related extremes and risk management).
Blogs
2020 the Year of #Water4Climate
This year’s World Water Day focuses on water and climate change – and how the two are inextricably linked. Throughout this year IWMI will, through its communications activities, focus on that link and the importance of how best to manage increasingly unpredictable water resources, particularly in the countries where we work.
Blogs
MENAdrought: Tackling drought in Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco
The main aim of the MENAdrought project is to empower decision-makers across Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco to anticipate, prepare for and mitigate drought impacts in a context of increasing climate change, in order to reduce risks of food and water insecurity.
Blogs
Women in Science: Tackling Global Issues
For International Day of Women and Girls in Science, eleven researchers share how their work addresses key global challenges.
News
Indus Basin Gender Profile Mapper
The basin maps on this website aim to provide an evidence base for analysis of gender disparities and new development opportunities.
Press releases
Press Release: Mobile phone app launched to strengthen new insurance scheme for India’s farmers
International Water Management Institute (IWMI) launched a mobile app, called AgRISE, in support of a new national agricultural insurance scheme.
News
Water Accounting+
The approach uses global hydrological models and public domain remote sensing datasets to analyse the water flows, fluxes, stocks, consumption, and services from complex river basins.
News
Mobile Weather Stations
Low-cost mobile weather stations are designed to help us monitor the weather more closely.
News
Mapping drought patterns and impacts: A global perspective
This dataset provides global patterns and impacts of droughts with mapping of several drought-related characteristics – either at a country level or at regular grid scales.
News
Irrigated area mapping: Asia and Africa
IWMI continues to advance its irrigated area mapping products in regions where it works as technology improves.
News
Global environmental flow information system
The interactive maps provide information related to Environmental Flows for the current condition and for the different Environmental Management Classes (EMCs) of a river system.
News
Flood risk mapping
Remotely sensed information from satellites and airborne instruments can be used for estimating the extent and dynamics of flood inundation for large areas and can complement in-situ observations.
News
Drought monitoring system
The South Asia Drought Monitoring System (SADMS) is a weekly map of drought conditions that are produced and maintained at IWMI.
From the DG
Banking on wastewater
IWMI enables societies to address challenges posed by wastewater by generating new knowledge on wastewater management, writes Jeremy Bird.
News
Emergency response products for water disasters
Space-based information and rapid mapping for emergency response.
News
Catchment Water Allocation Tool (CaWAT)
The tool makes it easier to develop and allocate the use of water resources to support rural livelihoods through the integration of agriculture, aquaculture and domestic uses.
Features
Global wastewater database
New data pool will boost global assessment and monitoring of wastewater and its fate.
Features
World Development Information Day
Bytes and bottlenecks – can data deliver?
Leaps forward in data processing power and access to information are helping make irrigation more efficient and sustainable....
Videos
Think Beyond The Tap
A video commentary series to help bridge science and policy on water issues around the globe.
Videos
Colin’s straight talk
Colin Chartres, former Director General of IWMI, analyzes global water issues.
News
IWMI Environmental Flow Calculators
Environmental Flow CalculatorsGlobalGanga (Ganges)Sri LankaWestern Nepal
The IWMI Environmental Flow Calculators are a family of software for desktop rapid assessment of Environmental Flows (EFs). The...
News
IWMI wins world’s most prestigious prize for water research
Stockholm Water Prize recognizes contributions to food security, economic development and environmental health around the world
In the media
United Nations: Humans should protect the environment and water sources
Report from UNEP and IWMI calls for improvement of agricultural technology and better use of ecosystems.