Rainfall information for municipalities: current and historical information that can be applied directly

Introduction

With the Rainfall Package, municipalities get easy access to current, historical and expected rainfall information. Dashboards, maps, graphs and download options make the data immediately usable for sewerage, urban water management and management processes.

Duration: 2009–present
Clients: 135+ municipalities
Keywords: rainfall information, municipalities, sewerage, urban water management, radar rainfall, rainfall event analysis, expected rainfall, KNMI, IRC, Harmonie, weather stations, dashboards, data download, API connection, system integration, municipal information systems
Models & Tools: Rainfall Package for Municipalities, Grafana, International Radar Composite, KNMI weather stations, KNMI Harmonie, Buiencheck, dashboards for observed rainfall, expected rainfall, weather stations and download tools, API

Background

Extreme weather conditions

Municipalities need reliable rainfall information for sewerage, urban water management, and the management and evaluation of water nuisance. In practice, collecting, managing, processing and visualising rainfall data takes a great deal of time. Moreover, rainfall information is often spread across various sources. The Rainfall Package makes this information accessible via dashboards tailored to the municipality’s area and drainage areas.

Method

Practical tools and dashboards

HydroLogic combines various rainfall sources and translates them into practical dashboards, tools and data connections for municipalities. For historical and current rainfall, area-wide radar rainfall is used, supplemented with measurements from weather stations. Weather models are used for expected rainfall. Municipalities get access to dashboards with, among other things, rainfall event analysis, observed rainfall, expected rainfall, weather stations and download options.

In addition, the rainfall information can be linked directly to other municipal systems via our API. Think of management systems, sewer models, reporting systems, asset management systems or the municipality’s own data environments. In this way, the same reliable rainfall information can not only be viewed in dashboards, but also be used automatically in existing work processes and applications.

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The result

Tailor-made weather information

Municipalities have a single accessible environment and a reliable data connection for rainfall information in their area. Users can follow current rainfall, evaluate historical rainfall events, include expected rainfall in their planning and download data or make it available automatically via the API. As a result, rainfall information becomes immediately usable in dashboards, analyses, reports, models and existing municipal systems.

What did the project deliver?

Easy access to all relevant weather information for municipalities
135 municipalities using these tools
610 tailor-made dashboards delivered
Easily accessible rainfall archive
7 sources accessible via this service
Access to a professional helpdesk

“We deliver not just a screen with rainfall information, but an approach that ensures the same reliable data ends up in the right place: in dashboards, reports, models or directly in the municipality’s systems.”

Francine Teeuwen | Service desk