OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) – For the last three years, the city of Omaha has participated in a trial initiative that installed cameras at its combined system overflow outputs.
Recently, the municipal council accepted a deal to buy additional.
“With the success that we have had with them, we decided to make this investment to purchase these cameras from the company that we were doing the pilot program with,” said Steve Anderson, Division Manager of Collection Systems and Flood Protection for the city of Omaha.
The cameras work as a monitoring system. They will send out an alarm to staff if there is an overflow during a wet weather event such as rain or snowmelt.