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

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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

adehoff@srbc.net

717-238-0423 ext.

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