Manitoba Cooperator - Field-level water forecasts: There’s an app for that
The Manitoba Cooperator has written an excellent article (with comments from Dr. Steve Frey, Aquanty’s Director of Research Services) which reviews some of the new technology driven initiatives to manage water resources throughout Manitoba, with a specific focus on the newly developed MFGA Aquanty Forecasting Tool - a real-time hydrologic forecasting system for decision-support around water movement, soil health, climate risk assessment & mitigation in the Assiniboine River Basin and Pembina River watersheds.
This new tool will help government agencies, agricultural stakeholder groups, watershed managers, and farmers to understand and manage water resources, and mitigate water stress by understanding long-term climate trends, flood and drought risks, and land use change impacts while helping to build resilient agroecosystems.
Click here to read the article on the Manitoba Cooperator.
“We’re producing surface water forecasts, surface water depth forecasts and groundwater forecasts in real time. So, if you’re running livestock out on pasture and you’re relying on a dugout or shallow wells for water supply, you can go in and find your areas of interest, click on them, and get an idea of where the surface water levels, groundwater levels, and even soil moisture levels are going over the course of seven days or 30 days.”
A 3D model of the Assiniboine River Basin created for the first phase of the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association Aquanty project. Photo: Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association/Aquanty Inc.
Want to learn more about the MFGA Aquanty Water Forecasting Tool? Watch the video below to review features/capabilities, or register an account to test out this live, real-time simulation tool yourself!