Catchment awareness
Combine satellite imagery, rainfall information and ground observations to reveal catchment conditions, drought indicators and surface-water change.
Space-enabled water intelligence
Better water decisions begin upstream.
Meet RIPPLE: a proposed intelligence platform connecting the water cycle of temporary events with the health of the catchment around them. Powered by Earth Observation, predictive analytics, and practical decision support.
Concept-stage platform • Designed for a proof-of-concept demonstration
Catchment intelligence
CONCEPT VIEW WatershedContext mapped
ForecastScenario driven
DecisionsConstraint aware
Illustrative interface • Not actual site observations
See beyond the event boundary
Connect every stage of the water cycle
Make environmental risk part of the decision
The idea
The event is temporary. The watershed isn't.
Major events can create concentrated, fluctuating water demand. Traditional monitoring describes what happens on-site. RIPPLE is designed to connect those operations to upstream water availability, downstream conditions, and environmental priorities—before, during and after an event.
Move from “How much water did we use?” to “What is the right water decision for this catchment, at this moment?”
The RIPPLE proposition Core capabilities
Water intelligence, from orbit to operation.
Complete event water balance
Model how abstraction, delivered supply, storage, demand, reuse, wastewater and discharge interact across a temporary site.
Predictive water demand
Anticipate peak requirements and changing environmental conditions using event schedules, demand drivers and forecast data.
Smarter water decisions
Compare feasible abstraction, storage, reuse and discharge strategies with operational, environmental and quality constraints.
Environmental stewardship
Bring receiving-water quality measurements, vegetation indicators and habitat-change observations into one evidence-based view.
Shared stakeholder intelligence
Provide consistent maps, scenario comparisons, decision records and reports for event operators, utilities and public authorities.
How it works
Turn diverse data into defensible action.
RIPPLE connects what satellites can observe at landscape scale with what operators and sensors know at site scale. A physically consistent water model and forecast-conditioned scenario analysis connect those two worlds.
ObserveSpace, sensor and event data
ConnectCatchment + event water balance
DecideForecasts + constrained scenarios
ExplainOutcomes, trade-offs and reports
The decision lab
Different conditions.
Different water decisions.
Explore how the proposed decision engine would approach three operational situations. These are qualitative, illustrative scenarios—not real festival measurements, forecasts or validated recommendations.
Choose a scenario
The service would use actual data, model constraints and verified site pathways before issuing operational recommendations.
Scenario intelligenceIllustrative example
Protecting water availability during a dry spell
Forecast catchment conditions indicate heightened sensitivity to freshwater abstraction around an event period.
Catchment contextDry / stressed
Operational pressureExpected demand
Decision focusAbstraction & reuse
Illustrative management response
Compare eligible water-reuse and pre-event storage options with baseline freshwater abstraction, subject to quality and storage constraints.
No automated control, permit determination or real-time environmental claim is implied.
Potential customers
Built for events. Adaptable far beyond them.
RIPPLE is envisioned as a configurable service for organizations managing temporary, seasonal or concentrated water demand.
01 / LIVE EVENTS
Music festivals & live events
Plan water supply, reuse and wastewater strategies for rapidly changing visitor populations and event schedules.
Potential buyers: organizers · venue operators02 / SPORT
Major sports events & venues
Support high-demand event days, outdoor competitions and temporary hospitality infrastructure.
Potential buyers: event owners · facility managers03 / TOURISM
Seasonal tourism & resorts
Understand seasonal water demand and its relationship to local water stress and environmental conditions.
Potential buyers: resort groups · destination managers04 / EXPOS
Expos & temporary campuses
Compare water-infrastructure options for modular venues, large exhibitions and time-limited installations.
Potential buyers: expo operators · site managers05 / TEMPORARY SITES
Temporary settlements & camps
Explore water-allocation planning and environmental monitoring in temporary settlements, subject to appropriate safeguards and field validation.
Potential buyers: camp operators · support agencies06 / INDUSTRY
Temporary industrial projects
Evaluate site-level water use and receiving-environment constraints for construction and temporary operations.
Potential buyers: project owners · environmental teams What makes it different
Not just a water dashboard. A way to reason about water.
Monitoring tells you what changed. RIPPLE is designed to examine what your operation could do next, why, and under which constraints.
01
Catchment-first context
Evaluate site water demand against environmental conditions beyond the site's boundary.
02
Connected water-cycle decisions
Evaluate abstraction, storage, reuse and discharge together rather than as isolated metrics.
03
Clear trade-offs
Show whether alternative water plans are feasible and how estimated environmental risks change.
04
Testable space-data contribution
Compare outcomes with and without EO context to establish whether satellite information adds decision value.
Proposed proof of concept
Prove the decisions, not just the technology.
The next step is to demonstrate the most important technical and user assumptions with public Earth Observation data, available hydrological information and representative event-water scenarios.
Current status: RIPPLE is a proposed solution concept. The visualizations and scenario examples on this page are illustrative. Operational datasets, model performance and adoption have not yet been confirmed.
01
Validate the data
Assess satellite coverage, catchment indicators and consistency with available ground measurements.
02
Validate the water-cycle decisions
Test a mass-conserving event model and compare feasible operating scenarios under changing conditions.
03
Validate the added value of EO
Compare decision quality and uncertainty with and without satellite-derived information.
04
Validate customer relevance
Evaluate actionable outputs, commercial applicability and requirements for future operational pilots.
Explore the opportunity
Make every drop a better decision.
Interested in water resilience for an event, destination or temporary operation? Explore how a catchment-aware approach could support your next project.