Riverside Technology, inc. (RTi) designs, develops, and implements customized, 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 its turnkey DSS.

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 access or display hydrologic data in an easily accessible manner, to model interactions between water law and dynamic hydrologic conditions, and to determine the ability of the river system to meet future demand based on operational and administrative use of storage. Often these DSS allow users to simulate 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.

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