Input data set: Water abstraction (group III)

Water abstraction for domestic and industrial uses.
1850soc (1601-2100), histsoc (1601-2014) and 2015soc (1601-2100).
Future scenarios (ssp-noadapt) 2015-2100

We follow the approach taken by the Water Futures and Solutions (WFaS) initiative and described in Wada et al. (2016, 10.5194/gmd-9-175-2016), but with the following important changes and additions:
Constructed for ssp126soc, ssp370soc and ssp585soc.
For ssp5 the same technological change rates as in ssp1 are assumed (like in Hanasaki et al. (2013, 10.5194/hess-17-2375-2013))
Technological change rates are applied up to 2050, with no further changes until 2100.
Results from the different water use models (H08, WaterGAP, CWatM) are averaged at the grid cell level and rescaled using a constant multiplier to match the historical data (https://www.isimip.org/gettingstarted/input-data-bias-adjustment/details/38/) in 2015. Data can be used for models without their own water use module.

As in WFaS, we do not consider any effects of climate change on water requirements (or water availability). The resulting projections thus correspond to the “no-adaptation” case in ISIMIP3b group III.

For ISIMIP participants, these files are available for download on the DKRZ cluster server using the path /work/bb0820/ISIMIP/ISIMIP3b/InputData/socioeconomic/water_abstraction/