CENTER FOR WATER RESILIENCY AND RISK REDUCTION
Center for Water Resiliency and Risk Reduction
The Center for Water Resiliency and Risk Reduction (CWR3) was established to help local communities develop mitigation strategies in response to the devastating effects of flooding on human safety and home properties. In addition to serving as a clearinghouse for watershed master planning tools and policies, the Center helps communities participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS)... Go to Center for Water Resiliency and Risk Reduction to learn more.
Clearinghouse
Reports
Publications
- Beaches to Bioswales: Nature's Toolbox for Resilience
- Engineering Fact Sheets (Nature-Based Solutions)
- Identifying FDOT’s Physical Transportation Infrastructure Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise
- Methodology for Predicting Local Impacts of Sea Level Rise
- Tools for assessing sea level rise vulnerability
- Assessing the Impacts of Sea Level Rise Using Existing Data
- Modeling and Mapping High Water Table for a Coastal Region in Florida using Lidar DEM Data
- Establishing a Screening Tool to Support Development and Prioritization of Watershed Based Flood Protection Plans
Case Studies
- Perdido (Panhandle Watershed)
- Pensacola (Panhandle Watershed)
- Choctawhatchee TMDL Basin (Panhandle Watershed)
- Apalachicola (Panhandle Watershed)
- Apalachee Bay St. Marks (Panhandle Watershed)
- Suwannee Watershed
- Waccasassa Watershed
- Florida Keys Watershed
- Springs Coastal Watershed
- Sarasota Watershed
- Tampa Bay Watershed
- Withlacoochee Watershed
- Tampa Bay Tributaries Watershed
- Ocklawaha Watershed
- Nassau/St. Mary’s -Watershed
- Charlotte Harbor Watershed
- Lower St. Johns River Basin
- Everglades West Watershed
- Caloosahatchee Watershed
- Middle St. Johns River Basin
- Kissimmee River Basin
- Fisheating Creek
- Upper East Coast
- Everglades Watershed
- Upper St. Johns River Basin
- Okeechobee Watershed
- Indian River Lagoon
- St. Lucie – Loxahatchee Basins
- Lake Worth – Palm Beach Coast
- Miami-Dade Watershed
- Broward Watershed
Director
Center for Water Resiliency and Risk Reduction
Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Florida Atlantic University
About the CWR3
In response to the devastating effects of flooding on human safety and home properties, the Center for Water Resiliency and Risk Reduction (CWR3) was established at Florida Atlantic University to help local communities develop mitigation strategies and participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS).
Specifically, CWR3 is a clearinghouse for watershed master planning tools and policies, including best available mapping data, outreach/public education materials for flood risk, incentives to reduce future losses, and mitigation strategies, particularly green infrastructure options. The Center will assist communities with sophisticated modeling tools for assessing stormwater risk and solutions, as well as develop mitigation techniques to maintain water resilience during emergencies. CWR3 also provides technical support to communities that participate in or wish to participate in the CRS.
The Center for Water Resiliency and Risk Reduction (CWR3) was created in 2020 by the FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science, and it is a collaborative project involving a team of faculty and student researchers from multiple colleges and universities.
CWR3 Capabilities and Accomplishments
Go to https://www.fau.edu/engineering/research/cwr3/pdf/cwr3-capabilities-and-accomplishments-07-03-2021.pdf for more details.
Student Outcome and Publications from Phase I FDEM Watershed Planning Project
Go to https://fau.edu/engineering/research/cwr3/pdf/student-outcome.pdf for more details.