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Water Risk Assessment Certification

Offered by: 

Water Security Collective

Earn: 

Certificate of Completion, CPD Eligible
Water Management
Intermediate
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Last updated: 16th March 2026

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About This Course

Fast-track becoming a water risk expert in just 12 weeks to accelerate your impactful career by mastering Water Risk Academy’s proven water risk assessment blueprint.

This course was exclusively designed for and tailored to Purpose Driven (Water) Professionals who want to be proficient in assessing, communicating and mitigating water risks, but don’t know where to start.

MONTH 1 – Water risk foundations

Week 1: How to accelerate your water career even if you feel stuck and frustrated

Week 2: How to understand water risks holistically, even if you are not specialised in water risk assessments (yet)

Week 3: How to understand the importance of water risks for businesses and investment operations, even if you aren’t an insider

Week 4: How to scan countries, project sites and investment portfolios for water risks, even if you don’t have much time or data

MONTH 2 – How to confidently apply the Water Risk Assessment Blueprint to get meaningful results

Week 5: Who’s Who and how to engage stakeholders to get the data you need, even if it isn’t published

Week 6: How to assess water resources risks, even if you have no experience in hydrology and related fields

Week 7: How to assess water infrastructure risks, even if you are no engineer

Week 8: How to assess water governance risks, even if you have no experience in political sciences

MONTH 3 – How to apply your Water Risk assessment results to improve decision making and solutions

Week 9: How to influence policy makers/ decision makers/ funders/ stakeholders to take decisions to improve water security even if they don’t see water security as a problem yet

Week 10: How to use water risk assessments for improved decision making, investment decisions and project implementation

Week 11: How to use the power of multi-stakeholder platforms to understand water risks, find solutions and overcome power dynamics

Week 12: How to start looking for solutions to water risks, even if there is only little time and budget

Who This Course is For

For those who want to:

  • Be part of solving the water problem, contribute to a more resilient water future and hedge your risks.
  • Be proficient in the different dimensions of water risks and their impact, in methods and tools to assess them, and know how to get your hands on the required data.
  • Feel confident that you have a tangible skill set for fact-based water risk assessments and can apply it to real life projects.
  • Strategically use water risk assessments to “risk-prove” decision making for policies, investments and projects.
  • Know how to connect water risk to their financial impact to really get decision makers’ attention.
  • Be fluent in delivering complex information on water risks in a simple manner to gain the traction you need – also from non-water professionals – and be taken seriously.
  • Successfully leverage the power of multi-stakeholder platforms to understand water risks, find collaborative solutions and overcome power dynamics.
  • Be the “go-to” person on all matters around water risks and confidently support in improved decision making, risk mitigation and solution identification.
  • Leverage the business opportunity around water risks and transition your career towards a greater focus on water risks.
$ 2,497

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Quick facts

12 weeks of live sessions
Online Live (Instructor-led)
Certificate of Completion, CPD Eligible
Intermediate
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