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HydroForecast is a hydrologic modeling service that allows users to understand historical and future surface water availability anywhere, even in places that don't have local data.
About
Upstream Tech's HydroForecast has been validated as the industry's most accurate system for modeling water flows, allowing users to understand water supply anywhere on Earth. HydroForecast makes predictions for hundreds of basins across five continents, and is trusted by dozens of corporations, utilities, and governments.
Key Benefits
Users can look both backwards and forward in time to quantify available water supplies.
- At locations without any local measurements, HydroForecast can create a historical record of flows into a lake, reservoir, or river. This allows users to understand how much water has been available at that site for each day of the past decades.
- HydroForecast can provide ongoing forecasts for the coming season to help users quantify how much water will be available in the coming months, which can be especially useful during droughts.
- HydroForecast can translate climate projections into information on future water availability, helping users verify that a site will have sufficient water for its needs in the coming decades. Looking specifically at water availability, rather simply precipitation projections, accounts for factors like extreme heat that could mean reduced water availability even if precipitation patterns stay the same.
Applications
HydroForecast is used by water managers and sustainability offices throughout the world. Specific users include:
- Corporate teams working to ensure sufficient water resources for their agriculture or other water-dependent products
- Water and hydropower utilities managing dams, lakes, and rivers
- Governments providing dam safety and early warning systems for flooding and drought