CIMA Research Foundation, as national competence centre of the Italian Civil Protection Department for hydrological and hydraulic risk, has implemented its own modelling tools on the Italian territory.
In some regions, CIMA Research Foundation is also responsible for managing the operational part of the modelling tools and services activities related to the operational control chain, as well as deepening the knowledge on extreme events, with further detail.
CIMA Research Foundation has for many years worked with the Functional Centre of the Autonomous Region of Valle d’Aosta and the Valle d’Aosta Water Company (CVA) for flood forecasting in the regional waters and dams and for monitoring the snow cover and soil moisture conditions.
The FloodPROOFS system, developed by CIMA Research Foundation is active both for civil protection purposes and to allow CVA technicians to predict when a possible water flow could put at risk the production facilities. The real-time knowledge of CVA’s manoeuvres based on the tools provided also allows for an accurate forecasting of water flows on the river network. CIMA Research Foundation also guarantees legal support for Civil Protection responsibilities.