A Cape May County municipality is enhancing its flood mitigation efforts through the placement of 15 small flood sensors, officials say.
Avalon teamed up with the Atlantic Cape Coalition and Stockton University‘s Coastal Research Center to install the devices throughout the community that will calculate the amount of flooding and rainfall during coastal storms, according to a news release.
The sensors, called “Hobos,” were placed at key locations and most are not visible because they were attached to the underside of storm water grates. Stockton researchers will download the collected data over the course of at least one year.
Thanks to its storm resiliency improvements, flood insurance premiums for property owners are 25 percent lower through the federal government’s Community Rating System. Additional storm-ready improvements include the installation of pump stations to alleviate nuisance flooding, drainage and street surface improvements, and a hydrological study.