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Flood defenders tell commissioners county must update rainfall data and drainage standards; cite FDOT 2024 figures
2521783 · March 6, 2025
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Summary
A representative from Flood Defenders urged commissioners to adopt updated FDOT 2024 rainfall data and warned that using older rainfall metrics underestimates post-development runoff, potentially worsening downstream flooding and increasing infrastructure costs.
A Flood Defenders representative warned the Escambia County Board on March 6 that the county—9s land-development stormwater standards are outdated and that using older rainfall data leads to underdesign of downstream basins.
"What we—9re doing is we—9re putting a 16.2 unit cup of water in a 13.4 unit cup of water,"…
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