HEF Hydrology Expert Facility
Hydrology and Water Resources Advisory Service
What we do HEF assists in addressing complex hydrology and water resource management problems by providing short-term expertise on-demand
• Expert panel: High level 6 member panel for advisory role and application of cutting edge technology and approaches • Dissemination and learning: Technical events in collaboration with thematic groups • Publications: Publications include Mission Briefs and HEF Notes
How we do it Support is focused on specific issues, situations or problems in connection with the different stages of the Bank project cycle
HEF services • Operations support: Expert advice for short assignments from a roster of more than 150 hydrologists/water resources experts
How to request HEF support
Sample areas of support • Integrated water resources development and management, including hydropower • Watershed management modeling • Hydro meteorological risk management • Water quality, wastewater disposal alternatives and design of underwater outfalls
CONTACT US
Task Team Leaders/members from the regions submit a short form describing the general characteristics of the assignment and its contribution to Bank business development
HEF in action: Some examples Water Quality Study of wastewater disposal alternatives in Rio de la Plata, Argentina; review and design of underwater outfalls in Baku Sea, Azerbaijan and Lake Titicaca, Bolivia. Risk Management Hydrologic analysis for regional and urban flood management in Ghana and Jakarta, Indonesia; strengthening of real-time hydrology forecast capabilities in Albania and Moldova.
Gabrielle Puz gpuz@worldbank.org + 1 (202) 473-9973 Luis Ernesto García lgarcia@worldbank.org + 1 (202) 458-1897 Susanne Scheierling sscheierling@worldbank.org + 1 (202) 473-7276
Hydropower Hydropower downstream impact analysis in India; water-energy linkage analysis in Central Asia.
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