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Projects
Authors
Chris Goodwin, Manager –
Water Resources
Brian Schroeder, Supervisor –
Structural Inspection
Ellen Faulkner, Water
Resources Engineer,
Ayres Associates
www.ayresassociates.com
● Multiple channels
● Confluences
● Tidal waterways and wind-influenced reaches
● Multiple embankment openings
● Highly skewed bridge crossings
GIS is used to deliver 2D dam break flood scenario
data to communities in very practical, usable formats
that can be fed into systems that – in an emergency –
could automatically place phone calls to all addresses
within the inundation area to urge them to seek
higher ground immediately. The modelling can even
determine the safest escape route from each address.
The data also can be used to automatically trigger
emergency sirens in the affected areas.
Municipalities and counties also can use the
inundation mapping to make informed decisions on
ordinances or land purchases aimed at preventing
future building in certain areas.
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