Future Conditions Map Series: Groundwater Elevation Map

About the Program

Category: County Resiliency (Best in Category)

Year: 2018

Critical to Broward County, Florida’s efforts to build community resilience and address the impacts of climate change, especially sea level rise, the “Future Conditions Map Series” was approved to incorporate new planning and design standards into drainage and surface water management systems. The maps will help ensure the preservation of flood protection within the community under current, and future conditions. The Future Conditions Groundwater Elevation Map became effective in July 2017. It established antecedent conditions for application in surface water permitting of all major redevelopment and new development projects, thus strengthening stormwater permitting requirements for new development and major redevelopment projects throughout the County. It further reinforces the requirements for drainage and surface water management systems to ensure they will function under conditions of additional sea level rise and more intense rainfall predicted through 2060 - 2069, decreasing future flood risk. As communities cope with increasingly frequent and severe climate-related impacts, there is a growing appreciation that investments in resilient infrastructure are key to reducing risk, protecting public safety, and stimulating the economy, both in Broward County, and across the nation.