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
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 .
Lunch-MAR | The San Joaquin Valley Flood-MAR Dashboard
This presentation provides an overview of an integrated flood forecasting and notification tool for agencies and diverters to facilitate diversion of floodwaters for groundwater recharge in the San Joaquin Valley.
