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Our Platform

Harmful Algal Bloom and Water Quality Forecasts

Check out our harmful algal bloom dashboard for Detroit Lake in Oregon

ClearWater is the platform that synthesizes, cleans and formats all relevant data. Custom machine learning algorithms then create accurate forecasts and clear visualizations, providing easily interpretable and actionable results.

MONITOR
All Data: Small or Big, Dirty or Clean

We scrape, parse and format all data that is relevant to harmful algal blooms. These data can be downloaded by our users for a variety of applications (e.g., GIS). In addition, we create online interactive visualizations for these data, so that users can explore patterns and trends. These data include:

  • weather station,

  • streamgage,

  • water-sample data, and

  • satellite imagery.

Our custom HAB prediction algorithms leverage all these available data to make forecasts as accurate as possible. 

PREDICT
Accurate and Resilient Forecasts

The data we collect are used primarily to train custom machine learning algorithms that estimate the future concentration of specific species of (harmful) algae and the toxins they produce. The forecasts target multiple operationally relevant time-horizons (e.g. ten day look-ahead), as well as long-term seasonal forecasts. ClearWater Analytica was the first to provide HAB forecasts, with an accuracy of >85% depending on the location. Our forecasts are also resilient to data drop-outs, being able to provide accurate predictions even when some data sources are missing.

LEARN
HAB Driver Identification

Weather and climate risks are an immediate threat to the provision of clean and drinkable water. Be on the forefront of protecting your key sourcewaters from the impacts of extreme weather events and climate change through insights about your major climate risks, and how risk mitigation strategies can be optimized. ClearWater will quickly provide:

  • An in-depth evaluation of your source water's risks based on our machine learning models.

  • Leverage the wealth of peer-reviewed scientific literature and expert opinion.

  • Deliver customized risk assessment and mitigation strategies.

Publications

White papers, reports and presentations

Water Research Foundation

Partnering with Carollo Engineers, CWA served as the research lead on a Water Research Foundation  (WRF) project from 2021 to 2023. This links to the WRF project page.

Internal

A short description of our goals and aspirations, as well as the approaches that we use to develop accurate predictions of HABs

Internal

An overview of the early HAB prediction system created for the City of Salem, Oregon in 2019. 

Detroit Lake HAB Prediction

Phase 3 Presentation (Fall 2020)

The initial machine learning algorithms for predicting HABs in Detroit Lake were based on Bayesian Model Averaging.

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Our Deployment

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