Concerned about Future Water Availability?
The Climate Change Decision Support System provides water managers and planners the opportunity to assess the impact of predicted climate change on natural flows at critical nodes along a river network. The decision support system enables your organization to:
- Understand the impacts of climate change on water resources.
- Access multiple emission scenarios and Global Circulation Models (GCM)being used by today’s science community.
- Analyze results from running various combinations of emission and GCM scenarios.
- Use a cost-effective tool to generate, visualize and assess climate affected streamflow.
- Visualize predicted hydrologic impacts using the National Weather Service’s River Forecasting System.
A Variety of Users
Water Managers and Planners
Use as a planning and management tool to assess climate change impacts.
Municipalities
Water supply forecasts can be used to evaluate supply deficiencies or surplus enabling informed decisions about water use, conservation and potential operational risk.
Hydropower
Understanding current and future water demands to facilitate hydropower and reservoir operations and efficiency.
Agriculture and Irrigation
Become better informed about future water supply and help decision making ability around land use and agricultural production.
Land Use and Urban Planning
Evaluate data outputs and forecast information to make smart choices about land use and urban planning – ensuring there is enough water to support future development.
Habitat Preservation
Competing uses require future water availability information to proactively negotiate use agreements.
