Water Resources

This resource from the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations provides data, analysis and dissemination of information related to water resources, water uses and agricultural water management, with an emphasis on countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

UN inter-agency mechanism on all FRESHWATER related issues, including sanitation. Reports and statistics.

Some data is free, some available via UNM Libraries' subscription to the iLibrary

Site is a gateway to WHO's data/stats and reports on water.

Goal: Harmonize water point data to improve rural water (globally) services through evidence-based decision-making.

WDC provides data services to the hydrologic science community and other critical-zone science communities that require access to various sources of water data to perform research on fundamental challenges in hydrology and Earth System science.

This data portal from IWMI provides access to a large amount of data related to water and agriculture. WDP contains meteorological, hydrological, socio-economic, spatial data layer, satellite images as well as hydrological model setups.

This data explorer is the authoritative source for data sets used by UNEP and its partners in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report and other integrated environment assessments.

WRI focuess on solving seven major challenges at the intersection of environment and human development: Cities, Climate, Energy, Food, Forests, the Ocean and Water.

Data and analysis of ~170,000 monitoring wells in 40+ countries. Published records also include the boundaries of 1,600+ aquifer systems, “manually delineated … using maps and descriptions from 1,236 local and regional studies.”

A US agency that provide international drought resources and tracking.

A project from Colorado State University's DroughtNet aimed at assessing differential sensitivity of terrestrial ecosystems to extreme drought.

Add multiple layers to visualize droughts throughout the world.

Data from Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (sedac).

The WDI dataset includes water indicators

Data here cover forests, biodiversity, emissions, and pollution. Other indicators relevant to the environment are found under data pages for Agriculture & Rural Development, Energy & Mining, Infrastructure, and Urban Development.