Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations
FIRO is a reservoir-operations strategy that better informs decisions to retain or release water by integrating additional flexibility in operation policies and rules with enhanced monitoring and improved weather and water forecasts (American Meteorological Society; 2020).
FIRO is being developed and tested as a collaborative effort in the Russian River Basin (Lake Mendocino), the Santa Ana River Basin (Prado Dam), and the Yuba-Feather River Basins that engages experts and stakeholders in civil engineering, hydrology, meteorology, biology, economics and climate from several federal, state and local, universities and others. There is significant interest and support for developing FIRO at other appropriate locations in the Western U.S. and elsewhere.
Steering Committee Jay Jasperse (Sonoma Water) John James (Yuba Water) John Leahigh (California Department of Water Resources) Greg Woodside (Orange County Water Distrcit) F. Martin Ralph (Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Cary Talbot (US Army Corps of Engineers) Support Staff Arleen O’Donnell (Eastern Research Group) Elissa Yeates (US Army Corps of Engineers) Rob Hartman (RKH Consulting Services) |
Eighth Annual Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO) Workshop October 11-14, 2021 If you plan on attending the Eighth Annual FIRO Workshop remotely please enter your name below and click submit. If you plan on attending in-person, no further action is required. No Fields Found. |