FloodWorks internet publishing of flood forecasts

Wallingford Software announces today that the latest release of FloodWorks, the real-time flood forecasting and flood warning system, now supports internet publishing of results.

Wallingford Software announces today that the latest release of FloodWorks, the real-time flood forecasting and flood warning system, now supports internet publishing of results.

With this development, FloodWorks version 5.0, released at the end of 2005, can automatically publish flood forecasts on a website for viewing by remote users via a standard web browser.

FloodWorks provides real-time simulation and forecasting of hydrological and hydraulic conditions within river basins, drainage systems and the coastal zone.

Designed for operational use in the control room, FloodWorks is particularly effective for real-time flood management, because it both provides forecasts of water level, flood depth and sea state for the hours or days ahead, and automatically disseminates detailed flood warnings.

There are many parties who need to know the details of the state of a river flood and the forecasts of imminent changes to flows and levels, including the various local authorities and emergency services located all along the river.

FloodWorks was previously able to send out warning information by fax, email or SMS to a specified list of parties when certain critical conditions or levels were reached.

That will continue, but now it will also be a simple matter to publish the latest information of flood forecasts to a website, and to provide access to authorized users.

This has two benefits - more detail is available than can be contained in, for example, a text message, and information is available more frequently than that triggered when specific conditions are met.

Paul Banfield, Sales Director of Wallingford Software, explained the thinking behind the new release.

"FloodWorks is in operation around the world to assist in flood forecasting, warning, and management, and its success has led to the need to make the results more widely available.

The capability to publish results on the web, in reports tailored by the user and with security of access as specified by the user, is a massive step forward to enable stakeholders with responsibilities and concerns regarding flooding to benefit further from the accurate and detailed information that FloodWorks produces.

"The developments of all of our products - InfoWorks, InfoNet, and FloodWorks - consistently address three areas: greater integration with the variety of input data now available, improved core functions, and better dissemination of results.

Although version 5 of FloodWorks has a number of other developments, there is no doubt that internet links for dissemination of results is the headline that will bring the biggest benefits to our users.".

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