City receives grant for flood monitoring
NORWICH – A year after record-breaking floods caused damage to areas throughout the county, the City of Norwich is taking steps to make sure they are fully informed of the potential for future flooding.
According to City of Norwich Emergency Management Officer A. Wesley Jones the city recently applied for a grant that would allow them to add stream gauges to locations in and around Norwich. “On Friday, I was notified we were successful in receiving a grant for $24,292.65 to be used for steam gauges we will operate in the Norwich area,” Jones said.
The grant, as part of the Automated Flood Warming System Program administered through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will allow the city to purchase three stream gauges that will work in conjunction with the two rain gauges currently in operation in Chenango County.
“The stream gauges will probably be bridge mounted. They will measure the water level, and the results will be sent by radio back to the emergency control center, where they will be sent to the National Weather Service,” Jones explained. Recommendations by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission received earlier in the year have also given the City of Norwich good odds for receiving an automated river gauge for the Chenango River. Senator Thomas Libous is expected to make an announcement about the river gauge on Tuesday.
No finalized decision has yet been made as to where the stream gauges will be positioned. According to Jones, that decision depends somewhat on whether or not the city receives funds for a separate gauge on the Chenango River. Jones is certain that at least one if not two of the stream gauges will be placed on the Canasawacta Creek.
“The Canasawacta Creek was a big reason for pursuing the grant,” Jones said, explaining that it is difficult to predict flooding on creeks and streams. “These gauges are normally used on smaller bodies of water. They’re good for predicting flash flooding,” Jones explained.
The stream gauges could be in place as early as this fall, but Jones said it will take a couple of years before the full benefit of the gauges is reached. “It will take a couple of years, depending on the flood potential, to develop base line levels,” Jones explained. The city is planning on forwarding the stream level data to the National Weather Service, in hopes that it will help to develop flood predictions for the Canasawacta Creek and other locations.
The exact date for the installation of the stream gauges will depend on when the funding is actually received and what locations are chosen for the gauges.
According to City of Norwich Emergency Management Officer A. Wesley Jones the city recently applied for a grant that would allow them to add stream gauges to locations in and around Norwich. “On Friday, I was notified we were successful in receiving a grant for $24,292.65 to be used for steam gauges we will operate in the Norwich area,” Jones said.
The grant, as part of the Automated Flood Warming System Program administered through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will allow the city to purchase three stream gauges that will work in conjunction with the two rain gauges currently in operation in Chenango County.
“The stream gauges will probably be bridge mounted. They will measure the water level, and the results will be sent by radio back to the emergency control center, where they will be sent to the National Weather Service,” Jones explained. Recommendations by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission received earlier in the year have also given the City of Norwich good odds for receiving an automated river gauge for the Chenango River. Senator Thomas Libous is expected to make an announcement about the river gauge on Tuesday.
No finalized decision has yet been made as to where the stream gauges will be positioned. According to Jones, that decision depends somewhat on whether or not the city receives funds for a separate gauge on the Chenango River. Jones is certain that at least one if not two of the stream gauges will be placed on the Canasawacta Creek.
“The Canasawacta Creek was a big reason for pursuing the grant,” Jones said, explaining that it is difficult to predict flooding on creeks and streams. “These gauges are normally used on smaller bodies of water. They’re good for predicting flash flooding,” Jones explained.
The stream gauges could be in place as early as this fall, but Jones said it will take a couple of years before the full benefit of the gauges is reached. “It will take a couple of years, depending on the flood potential, to develop base line levels,” Jones explained. The city is planning on forwarding the stream level data to the National Weather Service, in hopes that it will help to develop flood predictions for the Canasawacta Creek and other locations.
The exact date for the installation of the stream gauges will depend on when the funding is actually received and what locations are chosen for the gauges.
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