SFWMD Flood Impact Assessment Tool Workshop

DATE AND TIME: 

Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 9:00 AM 

MEETING AGENDA: 

Agenda for the Flood Impact Assessment Tool Workshop 

MEETING PRESENTATION: 

SFWMD Flood Impact Assessment Tool Workshop Presentation

MEETING VIDEO: 

SFWMD Flood Impact Assessment Tool Workshop Video

LOCATION: 

SFWMD Headquarters
B-1 Building, Auditorium
3301 Gun Club Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33406

CONTACT INFORMATION: 

For more information, contact Francisco Pena at (561) 682-2531 or fpena@sfwmd.gov.

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE DISCUSSED: 

This public workshop will present the recently launched South Florida Water Management District Flood Impact Assessment Tool (SFWMD-FIAT) to assist in developing cost benefit estimates of flood adaptation alternatives. The SFWMD-FIAT was designed to run quick, consistent, and well-founded flood damage and risk calculations, utilizing an advanced exposure database being built in-house. This Tool will support the District Resiliency and Flood Protection Level of Service (FPLOS) Programs in deciding on appropriate courses of action and to help underpin the benefits of flood mitigation and adaptation measures when recommending priority infrastructure investments.

The SFWMD-FIAT enables non-modelers to evaluate the damage and risk-reduction benefits of flood mitigation and adaptation measures once the hydrodynamic modeling of these scenarios, and respective flood inundation results, are completed. It evaluates and outputs damages per building, road segment, and utility, and aggregates to specified aggregation scales. The SFWMD-FIAT Tool might also support local flood vulnerability assessments, as the exposure database is fully developed districtwide. This meeting is for technical experts and researchers, planners and water managers, and is open to the public.

One or more members of the Governing Board of the South Florida Water Management District may attend this workshop. No Governing Board action will be taken.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: The agenda will be posted to the District’s website www.SFWMD.gov/meetings, seven days prior to the meeting. Or, you can email Francisco Pena at fpena@sfwmd.gov.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least seven days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Rosie Byrd, District Clerk, at rbyrd@sfwmd.gov.  If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1 (800) 955-8771 (TDD) or 1 (800) 955-8770 (voice).