What is RIFF?

RIFF is the new climate service experimented in France to manage water resources at a seasonal scale over Seine Catchment and Garonne Valley

What does RIFF do?

By feeding a river-routing model by seasonal forecasts, RIFF provides river-flow forecasts at key period to anticipate the evolution of water-stocks

Who can RIFF help?

RIFF addresses drought or flood risks for a best management of the reservoir refilling in spring and draining in summer

Decision making process

Water stocks: River flows and reservoir filling level
Climate information based on seasonal forecasts
Economic and environmental requirements for water management
Reservoir draining plan for the next months

About

By providing river-flow forecasts at key period to anticipate the evolution of water-stocks, RIFF aims to help stake-holders for a best  management of water resource reducing drought and flood risks.