Overall objective​

To develop and to assess novel methods and tools that account for the interconnectedness of water resources (storages), fluxes, demands, and uses, between spatial and temporal scales that are pertinent for agricultural and water decisions and management.

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Integrated Models

Specific objectives​​​

AQUEDUCT aims at developing tools and models to monitor, account, and manage water resources across Mediterranean catchments, addressing climate change and scarcity challenges.

  • Accounting for local green and blue water of new management practices.

  • Developing integrated catchment modelling as integrated accounting tools.

  • Testing and implementing new technological methods, new sources of data, new ways of computing and new ways of modelling water demands, by assimilating real-time data from different sources.

  • Analysing and evaluating with stakeholders the added-values of these new water accounts for the governance processes.

Supporting Decision-Making for Water Managers and Farmers​​​

Cross-scale water accounts are essential tools for water managers and farmers when making decisions. These stakeholders implement solutions to adapt agriculture to water scarcity—from the field to the landscape and catchment levels. To do so effectively, they require quantitative insights into:

  • The efficiency of planned solutions at their targeted scale, and
  • The potential consequences of these solutions at both higher and lower scales
Catchment accounting
Farm support
Real‑time data