The city of Enterprise officially dedicated its new rain gauge Oct. 31 at the Public Works Department.
Area officials including state Sen. Jimmy Holley and Rep. Barry Moore attended the dedication.
The high-tech rain gauge is the 20th to be installed in eight southeastern counties as part of the flood warning system that is operated and maintained by the Choctawhatchee, Pea and Yellow Rivers Watershed Management Authority.
The system of gauges is the only basin-wide Flood Warning System in the state.
It is because of this that Holley calls the CPYRWMA a model for the rest of the state.
The $4,372 gauge was paid for by the CPYRWMA and the city provided the labor and materials for its installation.
Boswell extended his sincere thanks to the CPYRWMA and to Holley and Moore for making the funds available for the gauge's installation.
The gauge will monitor the amount of rainfall at that particular point and be able to transmit totals in "real time" to the emergency management agencies and the National Weather Service.
The computerized system, which analyzes and manages the data, provides accurate and early warnings of threatening rain events that could result in serious flooding conditions.
Accurate data is not only essential during flooding situations, but also during extended periods of drought as many federal aid programs are based on rainfall amounts during given periods of time.
"We commend Mayor Boswell and the city of Enterprise for their efforts to ensure the safety of the citizens in this area by providing this important rain gauging station which will produce critical warnings of heavy rain events and by recognizing how utilization of the rainfall data can be beneficial to the city in its plans and programs," said Barbara Gibson, executive director of the CPYRWMA.
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