RTi has implemented a wide range of reservoir operations and planning models for our clients. Our goal is to identify and apply the appropriate models to provide the information required for the operation of reservoirs and other hydraulic structures. Whether for power production or municipal supply studies, real-time management or long-term planning, we have the tools and the experience to handle the most complex water resources problems.

Developing customized, integrated modeling solutions, RTi's water resource and software engineers provide the reservoir operations and planning systems to assist water resource managers with their needs for data collection, organization, analysis, and information display.

Software Tools:

• RiverWare®: This operational planning model can be used to simulate large reservoir systems, applying operating rules to simulate changes in operations and quantify the change in probability and severity of floods for the period of record. The optimization model of RiverWare® can be used to optimize the system operation across hourly time steps to maximize hydropower utilization
• NWSRFS RES-J: As part of a National Weather Service River Forecast System (NWSRFS) implementation for the Panama Canal, RTi designed and developed an object-oriented multi-reservoir model to simulate the operation of multiple reservoirs as a single system. This new joint reservoir model, RES-J, was designed and built in the C++ programming language and RTi incorporated it as an operation in the FORTRAN-based NWSRFS environment.
• NWSRFS RES-SNGL: The original NWSRFS reservoir simulation model, RES-SNGL, provides capabilities for simulating the regulation of a single, independently operated reservoir, allowing changes to operating modes under varying hydrologic conditions.
• StateMOD and MODSIM: These two river basin planning models can be used to evaluate long-term safe annual yields for water supply projects. A typical application is the simulation of a multi-year period (inflows and demands) to determine the combination of reservoir volume and water rights required to provide drought protection for a municipal water supply entity.