Join Us at the 2026 Power of Water Canada Technical Conference and Trade Show!

We’re excited to share that Aquanty will be taking part in the 2026 Power of Water Canada (POWC) Technical Conference and Trade Show— the largest gathering of the hydroelectric industry in the country!

DATE: May 6- May 8, 2026
LOCATION: White Oaks Conference Resort and Spa

Hosted by the Ontario Waterpower Association, POWC 2026 will bring together leaders, innovators, and experts from across Canada, the U.S., and beyond to discuss the future of sustainable waterpower.

This year’s conference features an impressive lineup of keynote speakers, interactive workshops, technical presentations, and a bustling trade show with over 70 exhibitors showcasing the latest advancements in hydropower technology.

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ABSTRACT:

Next-Generation Inflow Forecasting: AI-Driven Insights for a Changing Climate

Inflow forecasting remains a critical challenge for hydropower operations. This presentation introduces HydroSphereAI, a next-generation machine learning (AI/ML) platform that advances beyond traditional rainfall-runoff models by directly learning the hydrological response of watersheds from decades of historical data.

Using Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks trained on a uniquely augmented dataset that integrates weather, physiographic, and hydrometric attributes across Canada, the system achieves high forecast skill - even in ungauged basins where conventional methods typically struggle.

We demonstrate historical and operational forecast performance for gauged and ungauged watersheds, highlighting improvements from real-time data integration and extensions to snowpack prediction. Forecasts driven by multiple numerical weather prediction (NWP) systems, including emerging AI-based products from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, show strong operational skill at both daily and hourly timescales.

Finally, we review early operational deployments in Ontario watersheds and discuss the practical benefits of ML-driven inflow forecasting for optimizing hydropower operations, enhancing flood preparedness, and improving system resilience.

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