Rating: 2

The WaterProof tool allows the user to select a location anywhere in the world and receive a portfolio of recommended actions for given water security challenges, and a high-level ROI based on implementation costs and savings in water treatment.

The tool is available for free and open source, with a transparent methodology and metadata.

The key features of the platform include:

Some of the critical results provided to users include:

Some of the critical results provided to users include:

• Intuitive web-based interface that is relevant to a wide range of potential audiences
• Configuration of the infrastructure established to provide water from a basin
• The user can start an ROI calculation by simply entering their location of interest through the activity portfolios settings
• User ability to perform a more refined calculation by entering local information
• Integration of the impacts of climate change on water security and the calculation of ROI over time.
• Cloud computing, all models will run in the cloud
• There are no spatial limitations, Waterproof works for all macro-basins in the world.
• Initial language versions in English and Spanish

• Some of the critical results provided to users include:

• Summary of basin characteristics
• Mapping SbN's Recommended Portfolios
• Clear indication of costs and spatial coverage of NBS interventions
• Implementation progress, costs, and ROI plotted over time 
• Estimation of co-benefits for each equity portfolio (such as carbon) 
• Links to resources to take steps to advance a NBS program or project