FlowTracker

The Association for Water and Rural Development

About this app

FlowTracker is not affiliated with any government entity. It’s developed independently by AWARD (006-821-NPO) with water-sector partners.
FlowTracker provides water-resource analyses and visualizations for South African river systems including the Limpopo, Olifants, Inkomati and uMhlathuze.

Data sources (independent analyses from public datasets):
– SA Government monitoring: https://www.dws.gov.za/Hydrology/
– Catchment agencies: https://www.iucma.co.za
– Research networks: https://award.org.za
– GloFAS (Copernicus/EC): https://global-flood.emergency.copernicus.eu/
– ECMWF weather data: https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts
– CHIRPS rainfall (UCSB): https://www.chc.ucsb.edu/data/chirps

Key features
– Current river flow conditions from 200+ monitoring stations
– Historical context for today’s water levels and rainfall
– Dam levels with trends
– Submit field observations with photo capture
– Updated several times per day

FlowTracker processes public hydrological and meteorological data to show current conditions in context, supporting water-resource decisions across agriculture, municipalities, research, and environmental monitoring.

Attribution: Analyses incorporate data from GloFAS (© Copernicus Emergency Management Service) and ECMWF under CC licenses, modified by AWARD. CHIRPS data courtesy of the Climate Hazards Center, UC Santa Barbara.

Support: [e-mail]
Web: https://award.org.za

Note: Coverage varies by Water Management Area. Data providers are not responsible for interpretations or visualizations in this app; no provider or government entity endorses FlowTracker.

What's new

This release incorporates the community rainfall features allowing for:
-rainfall site creation
-site submission
-rainfall submission visualization