Research Themes
The research activities performed by the WIT staff are geared towards leveraging technology and gaining new understandings of human water interactions with a focus on
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Innovations for increasing the efficiency of agricultural water usage
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Understanding pathways of water quality degradation
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Protection against hydro-disasters and preparations against climate shocks
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Enabling equitable access of water for all using information collection and dissemination
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System-level understanding of technology interventions and complex water-land-air interactions
Past and current projects span across the following thematic areas

Smart Water Metering

Data-driven Hydrological Modelling

Sustainable Agricultural Practices

Bayesian Inversion, Compressive Sensing & Data Assimilation in Hydrosystems

Demand-based Agricultural Water Management

Game-theoretic Frameworks for Water Allocation and Pricing

Water Quality and Wastewater Management

Advanced Econometrics for Sustainable Agriculture
ICT and Flood Forecasting and Management
Reservoir Operations

Integrated Assessment Tools for Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Telematics and IoT for Water Informatics

Sustainability in Socio-Ecological Systems
