Dynamic High Resolution Hydrological Status Monitoring in Real-Time: The UK Water Resources Portal

• DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.752201
• Publication Date: 2022-08-16T06:01:25Z
• Authors: Lucy J. Barker; Matt Fry; Jamie Hannaford; Gemma Nash; Maliko Tanguy; Oliver Swain
• Keywords: early warning; 550; drought; 15. Life on land; 551; water resources; 01 natural sciences; status monitoring; 6. Clean water; Environmental sciences; 13. Climate action; floods; GE1-350; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences

Understanding the current hydro-meteorological situation is critical to manage extreme events and water resources. The United Kingdom Water Resources Portal (UKWRP) has been developed enable dynamic, interactive access data across Kingdom, including catchment daily rainfall (near), real-time mean river flows, groundwater levels, soil moisture data, standardised climate indices. UKWRP offers a way of exploring full range flow variability, comparing conditions those in past, from droughts floods. A variety different plotting capabilities users can view explore ways depending on their requirements. Here we discuss mechanisms engagement undertaken develop UKWRP, addition technical issues solutions bringing multiple sources types together, how are processed, stored published deliver an integrated tool for resources management. enables all users–from farmers, companies members general public–to used by regulators supplies. We demonstrate be monitor hydrological situation, using recent examples both floods droughts, consistent messaging universal information. Finally, decisions information provided support, possible future developments. aimed at research management community, but envisage that (and development pathway reported here) could provide useful exemplar similar systems other international settings.