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Track: Emergency Management and Public Safety
Teresa Bennett
South Florida Water Management District
PO Box 24680
3301 Gun Club Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33416-4680
Telephone: 561-687-6055
Fax: 561-681-6232
E-mail: terry.bennett@sfwmd.gov
Developing the Palm Beach County Special Drainage District Atlas
Defining Issue: The development of the Palm Beach County Special Drainage District Atlas was a result of the October 1995 floods. During and after this disastrous flooding event, District personnel found it difficult to locate flooding complaint calls. The Operations & Maintenance Department's GIS unit worked with the State of Florida, Palm Beach County, and the nineteen special drainage districts to locate, map, and place into GIS boundary and water control structure information for each of the special districts. Information contained in the Atlas has been put into an automated GIS application that allows District personnel to type in the caller's address, find the caller's location, and then provide general information about the drainage district the caller falls within. Prior to the development of the Special Drainage District Atlas it typically took thirty minutes to handle a call. It now takes approximately one minute.
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