Riverside Technology, inc. (RTi) designs, develops, and implements innovative water management Decision Support Systems (DSS) for improved hydrologic forecasting and water resources management. These state-of-the-art systems give energy and water supply organizations a high-technology edge in the management of our valuable natural resource. RTI's in-house research and development allows us to offer unique, solution-driven approaches to solving water resources problems. RTi thoroughly assesses your requirements, and using innovative tools achieves optimal results with it's turnkey Decision Support Systems.

Decision Support Systems allow decision makers to analyze hydrologic data, run hydrologic simulation models, run basin water allocation models that represent water rights, and study the effects of potential decisions. RTi designs a DSS to display hydrologic data in an easily accessible manner, to model interactions between the law and dynamic hydrologic conditions, and to determine the ability of the river system to meet future demand based on o perational and administrative use of storage. Often these DSS contain the data and models users need to model and evaluate various "what if" scenarios for river operation alternatives. Operational plans addressed by a DSS include the improvement of water use efficiency, exchanges between water users, the construction of new reservoirs or enlargement of existing facilities, the development of augmentation and replacement plans, as well as the development of additional beneficial uses, such as minimum streamflow and alternatives for protection of endangered species.

Combined with the appropriate modeling solutions, RTi's data collection, data management, and analysis components achieve a real-time forecasting capability to meet your specific water management needs. Providing you with customized tools and system integration for streamflow forecasting, hydrologic analysis, and operations management, RTi uses proven, off-the-shelf software, such as the National Weather Service River Forecast System and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers HEC models, along with RTi's RiverTrak® Streamflow Forecasting System [link] and other software developed in-house. RTi implements both standard deterministic models as well as probabilistic forecasts for a range of possible decision outcomes. Our user-friendly systems are developed for both Windows and UNIX (Linux) operating systems.

Applications for real-time Decision Support Systems include:

• Hydrologic forecasting for flood or drought conditions
• Reservoir operations and forecasting
• Hydropower operations simulation and optimization
• Water supply and delivery management
• Water resources data management
• Soil moisture and snowpack assessment and forecasting
• Water rights modeling
• Inter-agency coordination