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Departmental engineering authority for the pilot, technology-neutral by design; scale depends on technical feasibility validation and Council funding.
The problem
Stormwater systems mostly sit passive — gates fixed, ponds static — while storms arrive faster and harder than the old designs assumed. A resident watching water creep toward the door doesn't care about the technology; they care that the system in front of them is doing everything it can. Forecast-informed control is about making existing infrastructure work harder before building new.
The plan
Pilot forecast-informed real-time control on suitable stormwater assets: sensors and weather forecasts guiding how ponds, gates, and pumps are operated ahead of and during storms.
Keep it technology-neutral and engineering-led — the pilot must prove it measurably reduces flooding before any expansion, with the evaluation published either way.
How you’ll know it’s working
- Pilot deployed on technically suitable assets
- Measured flood reduction during pilot storm events
- Published technical feasibility evaluation
- Scale decision based on validated results
Sources and research conditions
S04
SOURCE-SUPPORTED; TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY
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