A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract final month for a flood warning system that might have been used to assist with emergency response, native authorities officers stated in response to a request by ABC Information.
“An preliminary kickoff assembly was scheduled for mid-July,” an unidentified spokesperson for the realm’s Joint Info Middle wrote.
However the floodwaters of the Guadalupe River did not look forward to Kerr County’s expertise to catch up.
Now, with at the least 118 flood-related fatalities reported in Central Texas this week, a assessment of minutes of native authorities conferences exhibits that some county commissioners, sheriffs and different leaders have urged improved flood warning methods within the space for many years.
As ABC Information first reported, throughout a gathering on April 17 of this yr, the Higher Guadalupe River Authority’s Board of Administrators unanimously voted to pick out an organization often called Kisters “because the agency to develop a Flood Warning System in Kerr County.”
Bushes emerge from flood waters alongside the Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. Heavy rainfall prompted flooding alongside the Guadalupe River in central Texas with a number of fatalities reported.
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Assembly minutes present the corporate was slated to obtain a contract value as much as almost $73,000 as a part of the proposed system.
The contract was for “a centralized dashboard to assist native flood monitoring and emergency response,” which might enable emergency managers to view real-time streamflow and rainfall information all on one platform, in accordance with native officers.
The system wouldn’t situation public alerts, the officers famous, however would as a substitute function “a decision-support useful resource supposed to enrich current infrastructure.”
Kisters didn’t reply to a number of requests for remark from ABC Information.
The spokesperson for the Joint Info Middle advised ABC Information, “in mild of current occasions the timeline [of the new system] will likely be reevaluated.”
