Manitoba Cooperator - The high-tech future of flood fighting
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, including a highlight of Aquanty’s work with the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) to construct HydroGeoSphere models of the Assiniboine River Basin.
Aquanty and the MFGA are partnering up to produce a cloud computing-based, agriculture-focused, decision support tool that will allow stakeholders within the Assiniboine River Basin to obtain soil moisture, groundwater, and surface water forecasts for a 7-day forward looking time interval.
Click here to read the article on the Manitoba Cooperator.
“In an era where society is being told to brace for more weather extremes, and where the list of potential projects is endless and resources are finite, efficiency is the name of the game. The Assiniboine River Basin Initiative (ARBI) has turned to the Aquanty project, a hydrological model spearheaded by the Manitoba Forge and Grassland Association (MFGA).
Announced last year, the tool will eventually allow the public, including farmers, to check what the water situation might look like in their area, in the same way they might check the weather. The MFGA envisions a forecast integrating soil moisture data, ground water depth, depth to groundwater, surface water levels, stream flow, exfiltration and water recharge. Users would be able to access those data layers through an online portal and could hone in on their watershed or the closest data collection station.”
Aquanty draws from real-time models in 15 sub-watershed districts in the Assiniboine River Basin. photo: MFGA
Want to learn more about the MFGA Aquanty Water Forecasting Tool? Find additional resources below, or you can watch a short introduction to the tool on YouTube.
Click here to learn more about past projects and the Aquanty-MFGA partnership.
Water forecasting platform highlighted in the May issue of the MFGA Grasslander.