1 ASFPM Presentation Colorado’s Flood Decision Support System RIVERSIDE Amy Volckens Jay Day CWCB Carolyn Fritz Chris Sturm

2 Colorado Water Conservation Board Agency To conserve, develop, protect and manage Colorado's water for present and future generations Flood Section To devise and formulate methods, means, and plans for… the prevention of flood damages

3 Colorado’s Flood Decision Support System Objectives Provide a statewide clearinghouse of flood information Be useful to a varied audience Integrate state systems Provide dynamic information

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19 Project Status and Plans Status –Now – available to CWCB –Oct 2010 – available to public What next? –Augment information for snowmelt events –Improve statewide historical flood layer –Add dashboard for alerts and updates –Include more local data

20 Acknowledgements AMEC CO Division of Water Resources CO Division of Emergency Management Drainage Authority Anderson Consulting Engineers Colorado River Water Conservation District Dewberry FEMA Region 8 NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory NOAA National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center NRCS Pikes Peak Regional Building Department For providing data and/or participating in the user needs assessment, we would like to thank: San Luis Valley GIS/GPS Authority Urban Drainage and Flood Control District Cities of Boulder, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs Counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Chaffee, Clear Creek, Delta, Denver, Douglas, Eagle, Elbert, Garfield, Grand, Gulpin, Gunnison, Jefferson, La Plata, Larimer, Mesa, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, Park, Pueblo, San Miguel, Summit, Teller, Weld

21 More information? CWCB project manager (970)

22 Thank you!