This section of the manual describes how you use CWMS once you’ve configured your watershed. The typical workflow involved in the routine use of CWMS to support the water management process is described in this section. Routine use of CWMS, including running the models and analyzing results, prepares you to run your CWMS model when an extreme event occurs.

At this point, you have already configured your watershed and are ready to manage incoming data; run the forecast models; view and analyze results; revise model data as needed; and post results to the CWMS database to prepare for the next forecast.