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Deployment and Tech Transfer of a Street-Level Flooding Platform: Sensing and Data Sharing for Urban Accessibility and Resilience
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2022-12-01
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Edition:Final Report, 3/1/2021 -12/31/2022
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Abstract:Of the many impacts that are predicted to accompany climate change, flooding is expected to have an outsized influence on public health, infrastructure, and mobility in urban areas. However, very little data exist on the frequency and extent of urban surface flooding, and there is an unmet need for hyperlocal information on the presence and depth of street-level floodwater. Therefore, previous work funded in 2020-2021 was focused on the design and assessment of robust, low-cost sensors deployed in diverse urban environments to track street-level flood occurrence and depth. Given the success and lessons learned from our previous research program, the goal of the work funded in 2021-2022 was to expand sensor deployment and transfer data to our stakeholders through the following objectives: (1) expand the flood sensor network (2) develop a public-facing data dashboard to transfer flood data to a range of stakeholders, and (3) evaluate feasibility of new flood sensor modalities. During this time, we have designed, tested and built two new ultrasonic prototypes, designed and implemented plans for Design for Manufacturing, deployed 23 prototypes across all five boroughs in New York City, and collected a total of 744 days of data, logging multiple flood events and their profiles, including the highly impactful floods accompanying the storms Henri and Ida in August 2021. We have maintained collaborations with research partners at CUNY and city agency partners at DEP, DOT, NYC MOR and NYC MOCTO, furthering the goals of the FloodNet.NYC consortium founded during our prior funding cycle. We collectively applied for additional funding and secured a commitment for $7M in funding from the City of New York’s Department of Environmental Protection to deploy an additional 500 sensors over the next 5 years, as well as $250K from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to prototype methods for public engagement around flood data.
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