WATERSIM DCDC

WaterSim is a systems dynamics model. It is a "systems" model because it takes a lot of data that is usually collected separately - including water supply, water demand, climate, population and policy data - and puts it together to give the user a system-level view of how these variables interact. It is "dynamic" because users can change one variable and see how that change affects the other variables... WaterSim is a visualization tool. Rather than poring over pages upon pages of charts and tables, users can view the data in graphic form. They can make side-by-side comparisons to understand how one variable relates to another. Launched in 2007, WaterSim is now in its fifth iteration, and can be viewed online, through a web API, or in person at ASU's Decision Theater.