Case Study: City of Orlando improves flood response and water data management with Aquarius from Aquatic Informatics

City of Orlando protects 2 million citizens with Aquatic Informatics

The City of Orlando's Streets and Stormwater Division faced the challenge of managing an enormous amount of cumbersome water data from its extensive monitoring network. Their existing system, reliant on Excel, lacked data defensibility and required labor-intensive quality control, preventing program expansion. This was a critical issue as the city needed to proactively protect two million citizens from increased flooding during high-intensity rain events. To turn data into an actionable asset, they sought a robust data management and decision support system from vendor Aquatic Informatics.

Aquatic Informatics implemented its AQUARIUS software, which automated data importation and quality control, providing a single source of truth and a defensible audit trail. The solution delivered significant results: it eliminated hours of manual effort, enabled proactive forecasting of flooding to dispatch crews before customer complaints, and allowed data to be easily shared with both professionals and the public. The vendor's platform boosted operational efficiency, empowered faster and better decision-making to guarantee public safety, and provided the foundation for future expansion into water quality data management.

City of Orlando