The Use of Internet Based Software as a State's Scour Monitoring/Action Plan

The ScourWatch^TM Flood Management System has been designed to provide Department's of Transportation, and other agencies, with an efficient, effective, real-time, single source, automated alert/monitoring system for managing structures susceptible to damage during Flooding Events. The system, capable of a number of configurations, interfaces with various Internet sources, in real-time, checking for specific meteorological, hydrological and geological data and comparing collected values with threshold values resident in the system. All data is presented utilizing GIS applications and Active Server Pages (ASP's) viewable from a secured access web address. Authorized users can manage the notification and response efforts of inspection staff via the worldwide web.

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The ScourWatch^TM software has been used successfully tested at the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) since October of 2000. NYSDOT Engineers, charged with managing the State's Scour Critical Bridge population, use this application as part of their Flood Watch Action Plan.

The conference attendees will get an overview of the NYSDOT model as well as a live demonstration of the system's notification.