Tool Details

Water Evaluation And Planning System (WEAP)
Developed by Stockholm Environment Institute - Tools by this owner (1)

Description

WEAP is a software tool that provides a comprehensive, flexible and user-friendly framework for water systems planning and policy-making.

Created by the Stockholm Environment Institute, WEAP can be applied to municipal and agricultural systems, a single watershed or complex transboundary river basin systems.

It takes an integrated approach, placing water supply projects in the context of demand-side management, water quality, and ecosystems, and simulating both natural and engineered components of water systems.

SEI offers support to users and holds WEAP workshops around the world.

http://www.weap21.org/

Categories

  • Function:
    • Simple estimate,
    • Projections,
    • Scenario analysis ,
    • Decision and engagement tools,
    • Financial analysis & costing
  • Sector:
    • Waste, Water and Wastewater Industry,
    • Ecosystems and Biodiversity
  • Target Group:
    • Planner / Policy Maker,
    • Environmental policy officers,
    • Schools and Educational,
    • Individuals,
    • Community groups
  • Impacts Assessed:
    • Water Pollution,
    • Water Management
  • Where can the tool be used?:
    • Worldwide

Other

  • Cost:
    • Varied - dependent on type of user
Water Evaluation And Planning System (WEAP)
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