Water stress area

Data source provider

Aqueduct, World Resources Institute

Use cases

Exposure quantification, Financial stability monitoring, Investment and lending decisions, Scenario analysis, Stress testing

Data group

Water indicators

Metric Type

Physical vulnerability

Methodology/ Standard / Classification/ Taxonomy / Reference

National Water Services Commission (SPAN)

Unit (e.g. CO2)

Water stress area.
No. of areas, size of
area, category of
severity (1-5)

Dimension (e.g. Sector, Customer)

By State

Time horizon

Forward-looking

Link

https://www.wri.org/aqueduct

Frequency

Annual

Time series

2030-2040

Accessibility

Public

Observation on data availability/gaps

Aqueduct’s tools use open-source, peer reviewed data to map water risks such as floods, droughts and stress in the format of geospatial data (map with different colours to indicate severity).