Interagency deployment of a shared low‐cost flood monitoring system to improve flood resilience across Southeast Texas: A case study
Abstract In 2021, eight counties in Southeast Texas formed a non‐tax authority flood control partnership to provide a forum for communication, create a regional database and improve flood modeling, early warning, and flood mitigation decisions. This partnership is able to successfully deploy and man...
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description | Abstract In 2021, eight counties in Southeast Texas formed a non‐tax authority flood control partnership to provide a forum for communication, create a regional database and improve flood modeling, early warning, and flood mitigation decisions. This partnership is able to successfully deploy and manage an early warning flood system network at relatively low‐cost by: (i) assigning the university as technical expert and general network administrator so that no additional agency workforce is required to operate and maintain the system, (ii) the flood monitoring system is a simple system and (iii) the data was able to be displayed in real‐time using an existing web‐based dashboard owned and operated by another agency within the partnership. The low‐cost sensors are lightweight and easily mountable which allowed them to be rapidly deployed within a short period of time (73 sensor sites installed within 7‐month window) over a 6000 square mile area. The data is shared with the public, and local, state, and federal agencies to monitor drainage infrastructure, and provide the community with flash flood and roadway closure alerts. |
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spelling | doaj.art-3a02fca6479049fe91418d791410d2f42024-04-18T08:11:13ZengWileyJournal of Flood Risk Management1753-318X2024-03-01171n/an/a10.1111/jfr3.12940Interagency deployment of a shared low‐cost flood monitoring system to improve flood resilience across Southeast Texas: A case studyMubarak Adesina0Nicholas Brake1Liv Haselbach2Hossein Hariri Asli3Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Lamar University Beaumont Texas USADepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering Lamar University Beaumont Texas USADepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering Lamar University Beaumont Texas USADepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering Lamar University Beaumont Texas USAAbstract In 2021, eight counties in Southeast Texas formed a non‐tax authority flood control partnership to provide a forum for communication, create a regional database and improve flood modeling, early warning, and flood mitigation decisions. This partnership is able to successfully deploy and manage an early warning flood system network at relatively low‐cost by: (i) assigning the university as technical expert and general network administrator so that no additional agency workforce is required to operate and maintain the system, (ii) the flood monitoring system is a simple system and (iii) the data was able to be displayed in real‐time using an existing web‐based dashboard owned and operated by another agency within the partnership. The low‐cost sensors are lightweight and easily mountable which allowed them to be rapidly deployed within a short period of time (73 sensor sites installed within 7‐month window) over a 6000 square mile area. The data is shared with the public, and local, state, and federal agencies to monitor drainage infrastructure, and provide the community with flash flood and roadway closure alerts.https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12940forecasting and warninggovernance and institutionspublic engagementremote sensing |
spellingShingle | Mubarak Adesina Nicholas Brake Liv Haselbach Hossein Hariri Asli Interagency deployment of a shared low‐cost flood monitoring system to improve flood resilience across Southeast Texas: A case study Journal of Flood Risk Management forecasting and warning governance and institutions public engagement remote sensing |
title | Interagency deployment of a shared low‐cost flood monitoring system to improve flood resilience across Southeast Texas: A case study |
title_full | Interagency deployment of a shared low‐cost flood monitoring system to improve flood resilience across Southeast Texas: A case study |
title_fullStr | Interagency deployment of a shared low‐cost flood monitoring system to improve flood resilience across Southeast Texas: A case study |
title_full_unstemmed | Interagency deployment of a shared low‐cost flood monitoring system to improve flood resilience across Southeast Texas: A case study |
title_short | Interagency deployment of a shared low‐cost flood monitoring system to improve flood resilience across Southeast Texas: A case study |
title_sort | interagency deployment of a shared low cost flood monitoring system to improve flood resilience across southeast texas a case study |
topic | forecasting and warning governance and institutions public engagement remote sensing |
url | https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12940 |
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