Expanding FIRO – Screening Corps Reservoirs Nationally for Forecast-Informed Operations Potential (Lunch-MAR | April 2025)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO) program enhances dam release decisions to improve flood management, water supply, groundwater recharge, and environmental flows. Following successes at pilot sites, FIRO screening is expanding nationwide to assess benefits, barriers, and forecast skill across reservoirs. This presentation highlights nationwide screening results, with a focus on the Southwest and connections to downstream Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR
Flood-MAR Network Virtual Workshop | March 28, 2025
Flood-MAR Network Workshop: 2024 Recap and 2025 Visioning
Friday March 28, 2025, 10 AM – 12 PM
This virtual workshop aimed to reflect on the progress made in 2024, re-energize our collective efforts, and collaboratively shape priorities for 2025. Key objectives were:
• Showcase recent impactful work from Network Members
• Advance collaborative initiatives for Flood-MAR implementation in CA
• Encourage active participation in the Network’s activities
• Engage members in the planning of the 2025
Introducing DWR’s Basin Characterization Program (Lunch-MAR | March 2025)
The Basin Characterization (BC) Program builds off of DWR’s historic role of characterizing groundwater basins and publishing California’s Groundwater. The BC Program will provide the latest data, tools, and information about California’s groundwater aquifers, a critical component to California’s natural infrastructure .
