WEAP was created in 1988, with the aim to be a flexible, integrated,
and transparent planning tool for evaluating the sustainability of
current water demand and supply patterns and exploring alternative
long-range scenarios.
The first major application of WEAP was in the Aral Sea region in 1989
with the sponsorship of the newly formed Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI).
SEI continued to support the development of WEAP through its Boston
center (SEI-Boston), which was established in 1989 and hosted by the
Tellus Institute. Over the years WEAP has
been applied in scores of countries and river basins. The software
has been transferred to water planners throughout the world.
Credits
The development and distribution of the WEAP software is managed by
Jack Sieber of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI).
WEAP was conceived by Paul Raskin, President of Tellus Institute, and
developed under his supervision until 2001. Many have contributed to
the development and application of WEAP since its inception. We would
like to acknowledge, in particular, Paul Raskin, Eugene Stakhiv, Ken
Strzepek, Zhongping Zhu, Bill Johnson, Evan Hansen, Charlie Heaps,
Dmitry Stavisky, Mimi Jenkins, Jack Sieber, Paul Kirshen, Tom Votta,
David Purkey, Jimmy Henson, Alyssa Holt McClusky, Eric Kemp-Benedict,
Annette Huber-Lee, David Yates, Peter Droogers, Pete Loucks, Jeff
Rosenblum, Winston Yu, Chris Swartz, Sylvain Hermon, Kate Emans,
Dong-Ryul Lee, David Michaud, Chuck Young, Martha Fernandes, Brian
Joyce, Chayanis Krittasudthacheewa, Andre Savitsky, Daene McKinney, Marisa Escobar, Vishal Mehta,
Johannes Wolfer, Markus Huber, Mahmoud Al Sibai,
Abdullah Droubi, Issam Nouiri, Ali Sahli, Mohamed Jabloun and Alex Bedig.
Funding
Many organizations have generously contributed major funding for the
development of WEAP. We gratefully acknowledge:
