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City launches real-time Playa Lake monitoring dashboard; drainage bond projects target Lawrence Lake, Playa 7 and other flood hotspots
Summary
Public Works unveiled a real-time Playa Lake level dashboard and outlined prioritized drainage bond projects, including an expanded Lawrence Lake pump station and a permanent pump and force main for Playa 7. Staff said monitoring plus planned construction will improve storm response and reduce flooding in known hot spots.
Amarillo's Public Works Department demonstrated a new real-time dashboard that tracks water depth, rainfall and webcam images for Playa Lakes and outlined how drainage bond proceeds will be spent on prioritized flood-mitigation projects.
Public Works Director Alan Harder showed a map and live dashboard that now reports lake "percent full" based on measured water volume and digital depth sensors, hourly webcam images and local rain gauges. Harder said the system was developed with West Consultants and deployed with city crews; the public-facing site will be published on the Drainage Utility page and can display historic trends, hourly rainfall increments and webcam time-lapses.
Why it matters: The dashboard gives staff and the public more accurate, near-real-time data to understand how individual…
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