Digital water observatory in the Forth Valley
This is the world’s first regional environmental monitoring platform to support the green recovery. Forth-ERA enables the Forth Valley region, our citizens, our community, and our environment to thrive and support the region in its transition to social, economic and climate success.
Forth-ERA is unique in as much as it is a complete hydrological model of the Forth river and estuary. The digital model uses state-of-the-art technology to push the envelope of scenario planning, modelling outcomes based on simulations.
Best in class, the Forth Environmental Resilience Array (Forth-ERA) is a digital observatory. The full hydrology of the region is modelled online, enabling us to test future flooding scenarios. Technology allows us to test environmental parameters without fear of disruption on the ground. Data scientists can build models and run simulations based on changes in; soil moisture, precipitation, river flow and atmospheric pressure.