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 F. Martin Ralph (Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Cary Talbot (US Army Corps of Engineers) Adam Hutchinson Orange County Water District Don Seymour (Sonoma Water) Jay Jasperse Sonoma Water John Leahigh (California Department of Water Resources) Dustin Jones (California Department of Water Resources) John James (Yuba Water) Heather Dyer San Bernardino Municipal Water District Greg Volkhardt Tacoma Water |
Tenth Annual Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO) Workshop August 1-3, 2023 La Jolla, CA To register for the workshop please fill in the fields below and submit. This workshop is invitation only. If you are interested in participating and did not receive the invitation, please contact FIRO Management. No Fields Found. |