Client
South Florida Water Management District
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Location
Kissimmee, Florida
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Start Date
1996 
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Completion Date
1999

Scope

• Conducted detailed residential flood Impact evaluation of upper Kissimmee River Chain of Lakes as a result of change in regulation schedule required to support Kissimmee River Restoration.

• Developed ARCinfo GIS database to locate, characterize, and dimension thousands of residential dwellings, roads, septic tanks, docks, drainage systems, and other improvements.

• Collected data using GPS technology and data loggers with pre-defined dictionaries.

• Used GIS to assess degree of impact at various water level ranges.

• Developed and evaluated complete costs associated with incremental impacts to define optimal cost/benefit relationship.

• Developed alternative floodproofing feasibility options that could be implemented to mitigate expected impacts.