AI-Powered Resilience: Big Data Solutions for Basin-Scale Water Management in a Changing Climate

Disruptions to historical precipitation patterns, compounded by shifting land-use and increasing water demand, expose the limitations of traditional models and decision-making tools. Climate change introduces significant uncertainty, increasing the risk of both water scarcity and extreme events like floods and droughts. Yet, within this challenge lies a transformative opportunity. The confluence of vast datasets and cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) techniques offers the potential to revolutionize water management. AI/ML can unlock patterns within complex systems, enhance predictive capabilities, and facilitate adaptive, climate-resilient planning. This project aims to harness these opportunities, developing new AI-driven models for basin-scale water management that directly address the challenges posed by climate change. The outcome will be improved water security, supporting both human needs and ecosystem health in a rapidly changing world.