RiverWare—A River and Reservoir Modeling Tool

This advanced water resource modeling tool gives licensed users a way to model any river basin. Users who would like to view the output of model runs can request a free RiverWare Viewer License.

RiverWare is a general river and reservoir modeling tool for operational scheduling and forecasting, planning, policy evaluation, and other operational analysis and decision processes. RiverWare has the capability to model hydrologic processes of reservoirs, river reaches, diversions, distribution canals, consumptive uses, shallow groundwater interaction, and conjunctive use. The software can also model hydropower production and energy uses; water rights, water ownership, and water accounting transactions; and water quality.