Bringing Partners Together: - A Model Partnership Program -
Jan 05, 2016
Bringing Partners Together:
- A Model Partnership Program -
Susquehanna Flood Forecast and Warning System
SRBC has coordinated the flood forecast and warning system since 1986. The system helps save lives and reduces flood damages by an average of $32 million each year.
Interagency Committee
Susquehanna River Basin Commission National Weather Service U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NY, PA, MD Emergency Management
Agencies NY, PA, MD Environmental Protection Agency PA Dept. of Community and Economic
Development
Susquehanna Flood Forecast and Warning System Plan
Original plan:
31 new stream gages
87 new rain gages
DCPs at 30 existing stream gages
Radar enhancements
Computing power
Today’s System Infrastructure
57 stream gages
56 rain gages
91 DCPs
SRBC Activities
1. Interagency committee coordination
2. Advocate for congressional support
3. ICEJAMS and ice monitoring
4. Outreach and education
5. Coordinate recommendations & improvements
6. Post-Flood system performance assessments
7. Flood inundation mapping
Overcoming Challenges
1. Funding shortfalls
2. Equipment replacement
3. Floods
Susquehanna Flood Forecast and Warning System Funding 1986 - 2010
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1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
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3.5
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'98
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'04
'06
'08
'10
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Appropriated Requested
Partnering Mechanisms
1.Joint Funding Agreements, Memoranda of Agreement/Understanding
2. Strategic Planning
3. Cost sharing
4. Event response
Future Partnering Opportunities
1.Flood Inundation Mapping
2. Universities
3. Drought and reservoir management agencies
Bringing Partners Together
Presented by:
Andrew Dehoff
717-238-0423 ext.
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