News article: efforts to improve flood warning systems around Westport

Written By Amanda South

West Coast Regional Council hydrologist Samwell Warren recently spoke to the Westport News about efforts to improve flood monitoring around Westport. This work is partly funded by Resilient Wesport.

Read the full Westport News article.

As part of improved modelling, this new radar at the Orowaiti Bridge measures the distance from the radar to the top of the water to provide information on how high the water level is. 


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