BACKGROUND

Lake Worth Drainage District (LWDD) is a vital partner in ensuring the continued economic prosperity of the Southwest Florida region. LWDD monitors and controls a complex system of approximately 500 miles of canals and 20 major water control structures across more than 200 square miles.

In its 100-year existence, LWDD has focused on one goal: keeping the water moving. However, they were not adapted to the new reality of high intensity storm events.

The District was hampered by an infrastructure mired in an outdated operational philosophy. Lacking a system-wide view of the condition of their canal network—and without access to integrated radar, rainfall intensity, and tidal conditions—operators found themselves continuously in a reactive mode, struggling to react quickly enough to protect their customers.

SUMMARY

Because SmartCover integrates with NOAA rainfall information, regional radar data, and tidal information, it has revolutionized the District’s response time, thereby enabling operators to react to changes in near real-time, while reducing the uncertainty around dynamically changing conditions in the network.

Working with SmartCover, LWDD is continuing to get more proactive with their operations. Understanding how to prepare the network for upcoming storms and knowing when canal cleaning and maintenance is needed have also meant that landowners served by the District are enjoying lower insurance costs as a result of FEMA-recognized best management practices.

Interested in finding out how our SmartCover solutions can work for you? Reach out to sales@smartcoversystems.com or call (855) 291-1980.