Dynamic high resolution hydrological status monitoring in real-time: the UK Water Resources Portal

Barker, Lucy J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2913-0664; Fry, Matt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1142-4039; Hannaford, Jamie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5256-3310; Nash, Gemma; Tanguy, Maliko ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1516-6834; Swain, Oliver. 2022 Dynamic high resolution hydrological status monitoring in real-time: the UK Water Resources Portal. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 752201. 15, pp. 10.3389/fenvs.2022.752201

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.752201

Abstract/Summary

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

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.3389/fenvs.2022.752201
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Water Resources (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	2296-665X
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	water resources, early warning, status monitoring, drought, floods
NORA Subject Terms:	Hydrology Data and Information
Date made live:	26 Aug 2022 09:48 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533059

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.3389/fenvs.2022.752201

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Water Resources (Science Area 2017-)

ISSN:

2296-665X

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.

Additional Keywords:

water resources, early warning, status monitoring, drought, floods