Development of a DSS to improve the flood control in the Spanish National River Authorities

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Development of a DSS to improve the flood control in the Spanish National River Authorities M. Francés Subdirección General de Planificación Hidrológica y Uso Sostenible del Agua, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Madrid, Spain

J. Arbaizar Inocsa Ingeniería, S.L, Madrid, Spain

E. Ortiz HidroGaia, S.L. Tecnología del Agua y el Medio Ambiente, Valencia, Spain

ABSTRACT SAIH program is managed by The Ministry of Environment. The SAIH is a real time remote control and centralization system for obtaining, storage, processing and displaying hydraulic and meteorological parameters. The Ministry of the Environment is developing a project to introduce new technologies at SAIH Project including the implantation of Decision Support Systems (DSS).The implantation has been based mainly on which the architecture of the System is opened as much as possible for the incorporation of all kind of hydrometeorological data as well as the implantation of hydrological and hydraulic models.The goal is to have powerful tools that integrate meteorological and hydrological data and to make forecasts in floods situations by means of hydrological and hydraulic models. Keywords: flood control, DSS, model, real time system, flood forecasting

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INTRODUCTION

1.1 SAIH Project SAIH program is managed by The Ministry of Environment. The SAIH is a remote control and centralization system for obtaining, storage, processing and displaying hydraulic and meteorological parameters, in real time, using the latest technology, with the purpose of improving the safety of population and properties, and to make the hydraulic infrastructures being used by the Public Administration more efficient. Among the objectives of the SAIH program, it is necessary to point out the following: • Forecast and management of floods • Optimized management of water resources • Real-time data for dam security increase •Improvement of meteorological and hydrological databases

The Ministry of the Environment has made an investment, from the beginning of the program, of 396 million euros and out of which 22 million euros dedicates to the management, operation and maintenance. The systems all together arrange approximately about 2,180 control points and 30,000 data in real time

Figure 1. Hydrographic map of Spain Basins and SAIH network.


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