The EKK-TBA is significant in anchoring Gross Domestic Product growth and development in both countries is heavily reliant on groundwater. Recently a transboundary diagnostic analysis (TDA) and a strategic action plan (SAP) for the EKK-TBA was completed. The analysis resulted in a three-fold expansion of the EKK-TBA boundary.

Big data analytics (BDA) is a modern and innovative platform of applications that include advanced analytical techniques such as data mining, statistical analysis, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing. Regional data are generated through groundwater monitoring, remote sensing applications or global circulation models (GCM), however this is often too course for a local understanding. Groundwater managers rely on locally relevant information for effective operational decision making, however this is often missing.