CS-N0W future water resources data explorer
Welcome to the CS-N0W future water resources dataset explorer tool. This tool presents the results of extensive hydrological modelling work providing future projections of river flows across England, taking into account the impacts of both climate change and artificial influences (AI) - i.e. how humans influence river flows through abstractions and discharges.
The aim of the tool is to help give you insights into the challenges surrounding future water resources by:
- Providing analysis ready datasets of key indicator metrics needed to understand future water resources
- Providing tools to interactively explore these datasets for the spatial areas, scenarios, and indicators that you are most interested in
Use the links below to go straight to the tool, or to find out more information about the modelling process and what data is available.
Future water resources explorer
Explore the data tool
Hydrological modelling
Read about the modelling behind the data explorer
Available datasets
Read about the input and output datasets of the water resources tool
User guide
This guide helps you to get started using the data explorer tool
Environmental flows explorer
Explore the modelled environmental flows portal
About Environmental flows
Read about the modelled environmental flow datasets
About CS-N0W
Commissioned by the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), formerly the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Climate Services for a Net Zero Resilient World (CS-N0W) is a 4-year, £5 million research programme, that will use the latest scientific knowledge to inform UK climate policy and help us meet our global decarbonisation ambitions.
CS-N0W aims to enhance the scientific understanding of climate impacts, decarbonisation and climate action, and improve accessibility to the UK's climate data. It will contribute to evidence-based climate policy in the UK and internationally, and strengthen the climate resilience of UK infrastructure, housing and communities.
The programme is delivered by a consortium of world leading research institutions from across the UK, on behalf of DESNZ. The CS-N0W consortium is led by Ricardo and includes research partners Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, including the Universities of East Anglia (UEA), Manchester (UoM) and Newcastle (NU); institutes supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), including the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), British Geological Survey (BGS), National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH); and University College London (UCL).
