Conclusion
Flooding that occurs in communities along rivers can result in loss of life and personal property. Early notification
provided by monitoring systems constructed from COTS components could alert personnel of such communities, allowing
them to put emergency response plans in motion. A simple early warning system demonstrated in Lancaster, New
Hampshire, monitored river stage and notified response personnel of potential flooding associated with ice jams and open
water flooding. The system successfully provided the response personnel of Lancaster time to confirm the pending flooding
event and allowed the option to put response plans in effect. The Web interface provides an opportunity for remote
monitoring of conditions.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Research-and-Development-
funded Cold Regions Engineering Program work unit "Characterizing River Ice Impacts on Operation and Maintenance,"
CWIS # 39862.
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This issue of Ice Engineering was written by Christopher Williams, Electronics Engineer, Engineering Resources Branch,
and Kate White, PhD, PE, Research Hydraulic Engineer, Environmental Sciences Branch, Cold Regions Research and
Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Hanover, New
Hampshire.
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