INSTALLATION OF REAL TIME FLOOD ALERT SYSTEM IN BENGAWAN SOLO RIVER BASIN, INDONESIA

Abstract

The authors installed a flood alert system based on IFAS (Integrated Flood Analysis System) in Bengawan Solo river basin under the Asian Development Bank funded Technical Assistance Project 7276-REG project. In Indonesia, real time hydrological data was not sufficient because there was a lack of knowledge, framework, budget and motivation. Therefore, at first the authors installed a near real time flood alert system based on satellite rainfall estimates data. After the installation by local engineers of stations measuring real time hydrological data, the authors then upgraded the flood alert system to a real time one integrating those new hydrological data.