WaterLOUPE - facing our local water risks

WaterLOUPE enables analysis of local risks of water scarcity per water use sector, both for the current and future situation. Different climatic and socio-economic scenarios can be applied. WaterLOUPE is based on the principle "Simplifying without compromising in terms of the content".

Finished WaterLOUPE studies

WaterLOUPE studies in progress

  • Bahrain, whole country
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Chennai, India
  • Israel, whole country
  • Lima, Peru

The WaterLOUPE initiative

On World Water Day 2018, research organization Deltares and Kimberly-Clark Corporation launched WaterLOUPE, a cutting-edge new tool to support water stakeholders in assessing water scarcity risks in order to generate actionable insights to adapt and/or mitigate local water risks. WaterLOUPE is a user-friendly dashboard that provides information on water scarcity risks now and in the future of your river basin. It combines data on hydrology, exposure and vulnerability at the local level. WaterLOUPE runs the risk assessment for each actor-group separately, instead of providing one generic risk assessment per basin. For example, it specifies between the impacts of water scarcity for self-subsistence farmers versus large farms. The distinction in impacts at actor level are key in establishing good and sustainable water stewardship in the catchment area.