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it's a pond run by the cloud Brooklyn Botanical Gardens water garden opened in September features upon that doubles its water storage at the bottom of the pond is a valve connected to opti nemesis cloud-based control system it monitors the weather forecast once a minute constantly checking for rain the water levels in the pond are allowed to reach two to three feet before the valve besides the pond needs to release water for example if the forecast predicts two inches of rain opti nemesis system can automatically release the appropriate amount of water from the gardens pond to make sure it doesn't overflow when there's heavy rainfall and water storage overflows it can lead to flooding in the sewers like what happened during superstorm sandy with 5 billion gallons of wastewater in new york city's waterways with opti Nimbus it's a cloud-based solution to a cloud caused issue with excessive rain up these systems aren't installed in cities across the country from Washington DC to Oregon the water garden is surrounded by riparian or wet feet plants including rhubarb's perennials and the cardinal flower these plants can adapt to adjusting water levels and are used to being close to water you