The Decision Support System (DSS) is a systematic, risk-based, open-access
online assessment tool to guide environmentally (fish-) friendly hydropower
production and safe fish passage, through the planning, development and operation
of existing and new hydropower schemes, including the revision of permits. The
innovative DSS takes individual and population-based fish damage as well as the
sensitivity and conservation status of species and economic aspects into account and
is generally applicable throughout different geographical regions. It encompasses
scoping, impact risk-analysis, mitigation scenarios as well as socio-economic
appraisal and monitoring feedback. It supports informed decision-making on the
design and operation of new and refurbished HPPs, enabling the screening of
potential mitigation measures that could be appropriate for a specific scheme. The
DSS is closely linked to the FIThydro Wiki.
Read more