Global Water Resource Intelligence

Real-time aggregation of 4 international water resource APIs with composite water stress scoring (0-100).

Purpose

This Actor analyzes the water resource stress of any country by combining data from:

• The World Bank — Freshwater withdrawal, renewable water, access to water and sanitation
• NOAA Drought Monitor — Drought risk assessment (US focus, graceful skip for other countries)
• US Geological Survey (USGS) — Water quality monitoring stations (US focus, graceful skip)
• FAO AQUASTAT — Agricultural water use and irrigation data

Produces a single Water Stress Score (0-100) combining:

1. Freshwater Withdrawal Rate (30% weight)
2. Renewable Freshwater Per Capita (25% weight)
3. Basic Water Access (20% weight)
4. Basic Sanitation Access (15% weight)
5. Agricultural Water Use (10% weight)

Higher scores indicate greater water stress.

Input

Required

• countryCode (string) — Two-letter ISO country code (e.g., US, IN, BR)

Optional

• includeHistorical (boolean, default: true) — Return 3-year historical trend data
• verbose (boolean, default: false) — Include detailed API metadata and source info

Output

{
  "countryCode": "US",
  "countryName": "United States",
  "waterStressScore": 42.5,
  "indicators": {
    "freshwaterWithdrawal": 82.3,
    "renewableFreshwaterPerCapita": 9543.2,
    "basicWaterAccess": 98.5,
    "basicSanitation": 98.2,
    "agriculturalWaterUse": 80.1
  },
  "droughtRiskLevel": "moderate",
  "waterQualityIndex": 75,
  "dataAvailability": {
    "worldBank": true,
    "noaa": true,
    "usgs": true,
    "fao": false
  },
  "successfulSourceCount": 3,
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "The World Bank",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org",
      "license": "CC-BY 4.0",
      "attribution": "Data source: The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)"
    },
    ...
  ],
  "disclaimer": "...",
  "timestamp": "2026-04-08T15:30:00Z"
}

Examples

Basic Usage

{
  "countryCode": "US"
}

India Water Analysis

{
  "countryCode": "IN",
  "includeHistorical": true
}

Brazil with Verbose Output

{
  "countryCode": "BR",
  "verbose": true
}

Data Coverage

Country	World Bank	NOAA	USGS	FAO
United States	✅	✅	✅	✅
India	✅	❌	❌	✅
Brazil	✅	❌	❌	✅
China	✅	❌	❌	✅
South Korea	✅	❌	❌	❌
Germany	✅	❌	❌	✅
Egypt	✅	❌	❌	✅
Nigeria	✅	❌	❌	✅

Pricing

• $0.13 per country analysis (Pay-per-Event model)
• Billed only when analysis completes successfully (at least 1 data source)
• No charge if all APIs fail

⚠️ Legal Disclaimer

This Actor aggregates publicly available water resource data from:

• The World Bank Open Data (CC-BY 4.0)
• NOAA Drought Monitor (Public Domain)
• US Geological Survey Water Resources (Public Domain)
• FAO AQUASTAT (CC-BY 4.0)

NOT water policy, engineering, or investment advice. This Actor provides statistical aggregation and historical data visualization only.

• Does NOT recommend water policy decisions
• Does NOT guarantee data accuracy or forecasting
• Does NOT constitute water policy, engineering, or investment advice
• Users are responsible for verifying data with original sources
• Historical data does not predict future performance

All source data is redistributed under the original license terms with attribution. Data retrieved in real-time; not cached or stored by this Actor.

Attribution:

• "Data source: The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)"
• "Data source: NOAA (Public Domain)"
• "Data source: US Geological Survey (Public Domain)"
• "Data source: FAO AQUASTAT (CC BY 4.0)"

Technical Details

• Runtime: Node.js 18+
• Timeout: 120 seconds per country
• Memory: ~128MB per run
• Concurrent API calls: 4 (parallel fetch)
• Source availability: 4 international government/institutional APIs
• Graceful degradation: Successfully returns data if at least 1 source succeeds

Support

For issues or questions, please contact the developer. Data accuracy is subject to source API availability and update frequency.

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Last updated: 2026-04-08

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