SRBC Urges Congress To Restore Funding
NORTH EAST, Md. —The
Susquehanna River Basin Com
mission (SRBC) recently ap
proved a resolution calling on
the U.S. Congress to restore
funding for the Susquehanna
Flood Forecasting and Warning
System (System).
The U.S. House of Represent
atives Nov. 25 unexpectedly
eliminated the $1.3 million ap
propriation for the System,
while instructing the National
Weather Service (NWS) to fund
the Susquehanna System out of
the agency’s budget.
The SRBC commissioners
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ment and the states of New
York, Pennsylvania, and Mary
land cited the risks of consoli
dating the Susquehanna
System’s funding into the NWS
budget. The SRBC resolution
(No. 2003 12) states, “This
action by the U.S. House forces
the System to compete with the
nationwide demands placed on
the NWS budget and is there
fore likely to result in a reduc
tion in the level of funding for
the System, further compromis
ing its already tenuous fi
nances.”
SRBC Executive Director
Paul Swartz noted that the Sus
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quehanna River Basin is one of
the most flood-prone watersheds
in the entire country, with aver
age annual flood damages total
ing nearly $l5O million.
The Susquehanna River Basin
Flood Forecasting and Warning
System, which has been in oper
ation for 17 years, is a techno
logical system that uses radar
and a network of stream and
rain gages to provide the data
that are used to forecast river
levels and issue more accurate
early flood warnings.
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the importance of this System to
the Susquehanna basin,” said
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Swartz. “In 2003, alone, six
people have lost their lives to
flooding. Early warnings give
people and businesses the time
they need to secure their prop
erty and then get themselves out
of harm’s way.”
Swartz said, “The Susque
hanna System is an extremely
cost-effective flood protection
measure, reducing the average
annual flood damages in the
Susquehanna basin by $32 mil
lion. That represents a 20-to-l
benefit-cost ratio. For every
dollar invested by the federal
government, the System saves
$2O through reduced flood dam-
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While the SRBC resolution
calls for the line-item appropria
tion to be restored as the first
course of action, if that proves
unsuccessful for FY-04, SRBC is
calling on; (1) the National
Weather Service to fully fund
the $1.3 million for the Susque
hanna System from the agency’s
FY-04 budget, as directed in the
House Consolidated Appropria
tions Act; and (2) the federal
government to restore the ap
propriation for the Susquehanna
System in FY-05 and subsequent
fiscal years.
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