| Title | Expanding FIRO – Screening Corps Reservoirs Nationally for Forecast-Informed Operations Potential (Lunch-MAR | April 2025) |
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| Date of Recording | April 2, 2025 |
| Full Description | Lunch-MAR Session | April 2, 2025 Expanding FIRO – Screening Corps Reservoirs Nationally for Forecast-Informed Operations Potential Presenter: Elissa Yeates, ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics Lab, Hydrologic Systems Branch Sneak Peek: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) research and operations program Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO) seeks to add flexibility to dam release decisions where possible to improve outcomes across multiple objectives, including flood risk management, water supply availability, groundwater recharge, and environmental flows. This approach has demonstrated benefits during recent water years at pilot sites, expanding demand for FIRO assessments and implementation at more reservoirs. A nationwide screening process for FIRO is being applied across the USACE portfolio of reservoirs, assessing opportunities for benefit, barriers to implementation, and sufficiency of forecast skill by site. This presentation shares results of FIRO screening nationwide and in more detail across the southwest region and connects those results with MAR opportunities downstream of USACE dams. |
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