Improving Water Decision-Making

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YGS delivers regional water outlooks from subregional to regional levels for tomorrow through the next year. With a focus on agriculture water management, it provides region-specific uncertainty so you can distinguish between confidence and caution in your regional planning.

Water agencies and utilities play a crucial role in regional planning, focusing on effective messaging and allocation context. In agriculture and irrigation, understanding seasonal expectations and operational timing is essential for optimal agriculture water management. The insurance and finance sectors need to consider the impacts of regional drought and wetness exposure. Moreover, infrastructure and emergency planning require situational awareness and seasonal preparedness, especially in light of water outlooks.

Bring decision-ready products to boards, partners, and stakeholders, focusing on agriculture water management, regional planning, and water outlooks.

Plan ahead for effective agriculture water management: Support staffing, operations, and seasonal planning with forward-looking water outlooks. Reduce surprises by spotting drydown, recovery, and elevated wetness earlier, while identifying areas where risk is building. This tool is designed for basins, counties, districts, and service areas at ~0.25° resolution (roughly 15–20 miles across; varies by region), enhancing regional planning efforts.

Most water tools describe what already happened, but YGS focuses on what’s next, providing clarity about confidence in agriculture water management. 

Forecast-first: outlooks that support planning for the future, not just summaries of the past. 

Regional decision scale: designed for basins, counties, districts, and service areas to enhance regional planning. 

Uncertainty included: a focus on confidence versus caution, avoiding a single overconfident number. 

Clear visuals: maps and trends that are easy to spot and explain, aiding in water outlooks. 

Built for action: supports planning, risk assessment, and communication. 

Proactive, not reactive. YGS predictions empower decision-makers to act before conditions fully manifest in the record.