Hydrology

Applications

Water resources assessment is a necessity for a successful development of domestic and industrial water supplies, maintenance of human health, hydropower, irrigation, flood and drought protection, and preservation of the environment. The first step in developing a water resources sustainability strategy and management plan is to know the quantity and quality of water available.

Minimizing the Impact of Extreme Flooding

Flood events are constantly causing major human suffering and substantial economic losses throughout the world. Vaisala is the only company in the world that can provide all the necessary observation technologies for a flood early warning system. Read more about the technologies and let us help you build an effective warning system.

Hydropower Optimization

Hydropower is an indigenously available, clean and renewable source of energy. Hydropower production optimization, reservoir management and flood control are the key items for the efficient operation of hydropower plants.

Agricultural Water Management

Vaisala hydrometeorological stations are used to monitor the amount of precipitation and to measure water levels in reservoirs to provide real-time information on availability of water for irrigation.

Urban Water Management

Water supplies must be managed in order to ensure availability of the water to the users and stakeholders. Vaisala hydrometeorological stations together with weather radar and data processing, provide valuable information about current and future amount of water.

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