Explore Basin Futures, an innovative cloud-based water modelling platform, in this 47-minute webinar from the Australian Water School. Learn about this entry-level tool designed to support rapid and exploratory basin planning for sustainable water-related development and climate-resilient scenarios. Discover how Basin Futures answers basic first-order questions for analyzing water security challenges, making water planning more accessible to a global audience. Delve into topics such as the 8020 Rule, the significance of basin modelling, the Basin Idea tool, freshwater fish species, transboundary basins, and the Basin breakup tool. Gain insights into working with models, configuring storages, managing agriculture and irrigation, industrial demand, and environmental flows. Explore scenarios, results analysis, rich hydrology, indicators, gauges, and environmental considerations. Learn about the user experience, multilingual platform capabilities, and engage in a Q&A session covering gauge data, geology and soil grids, stakeholder engagement, and uncertainty management. Understand the scope of coverage and the consultation process involved in this innovative water planning tool.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
Introducing Sara Aceros
The 8020 Rule
Whats the significance of basin modelling
Basin Futures overview
Basin Idea tool
Freshwater fish species
Trans boundary basins
Basin breakup tool
Working on your model
Storages configuration
Agriculture and irrigation
Industrial demand
Environment environmental flows
Load a model
Scenarios
Results
Rich hydrology
Indicators
Gauges
Environment
Summary
Key Questions
User Experience
Closing remarks
multilingual platform
Peter Emmett
QA
Gauge data
Geology and soil grids
Discussion happening
Consultation process
Managing competing expectations
Engaging stakeholders
Uncertainty
Global gauging database
Scope of coverage
What do you do
Is it up
Conclusion
Taught by
Australian Water School
