Columbia Cascade Province Streamflow Monitoring Proposal Columbia Cascade
Columbia Cascade Province Streamflow Monitoring Proposal
Columbia Cascade Existing Streamflow Monitoring
Assessment of Basin Monitoring Needs • Reliable, comparable and publicly available flow data. • Baseline information • Effectiveness and compliance monitoring • “Baseline Monitoring Program” - RPA 180 • Coordinated information
Ecology Streamflow Monitoring Network Ecology Stream Flow Monitoring People ( out of stream) Existing Stream Flow Gage Components Continuous Data Recorders Pressure Transducers / Bubblers Proposed Stream Flow Gage Components Continuous Data Recorders Self-Contained Bubbler Systems TMDL’s Modeling Water Right Acquisition Effectiveness Fish (In Stream) Enforcement In Stream Flows GOES Telemetry Web Reporting Compliance Staff Gages Rating Curve Development Wading Measurements (Low Flow) ADCP Measurements (High Flow) Automated 3 -Hour Web Reporting Usable Data Rating Curve Development Wading Measurements (Low Flow) ADCP Measurements (High Flow) Database Management Quality Assurance Methods Data Management / QA Software Senior Level Review Data Archive
Ecology Streamflow Monitoring Network Ecology Stream Flow Monitoring People ( out of stream) Existing Stream Flow Gage Components Continuous Data Recorders Pressure Transducers / Bubblers Proposed Stream Flow Gage Components Continuous Data Recorders Self-Contained Bubbler Systems TMDL’s Modeling Water Right Acquisition Effectiveness Fish (In Stream) Enforcement In Stream Flows GOES Telemetry Web Reporting Compliance Staff Gages Rating Curve Development Wading Measurements (Low Flow) ADCP Measurements (High Flow) Automated 3 -Hour Web Reporting Usable Data Rating Curve Development Wading Measurements (Low Flow) ADCP Measurements (High Flow) Database Management Quality Assurance Methods Data Management / QA Software Senior Level Review Data Archive
Ecology Streamflow Monitoring Network Ecology Stream Flow Monitoring People ( out of stream) Existing Stream Flow Gage Components Continuous Data Recorders Pressure Transducers / Bubblers Proposed Stream Flow Gage Components Continuous Data Recorders Self-Contained Bubbler Systems TMDL’s Modeling Water Right Acquisition Effectiveness Fish (In Stream) Enforcement In Stream Flows GOES Telemetry Web Reporting Compliance Staff Gages Rating Curve Development Wading Measurements (Low Flow) ADCP Measurements (High Flow) Automated 3 -Hour Web Reporting Usable Data Rating Curve Development Wading Measurements (Low Flow) ADCP Measurements (High Flow) Database Management Quality Assurance Methods Data Management / QA Software Senior Level Review Data Archive
Bubbler Stage Recorder Swoffer meter Gaging Equipment Sensor/prop
Ecology Streamflow Monitoring Network Ecology Stream Flow Monitoring People ( out of stream) Existing Stream Flow Gage Components Continuous Data Recorders Pressure Transducers / Bubblers Proposed Stream Flow Gage Components Continuous Data Recorders Self-Contained Bubbler Systems TMDL’s Modeling Water Right Acquisition Effectiveness Fish (In Stream) Enforcement In Stream Flows GOES Telemetry Web Reporting Compliance Staff Gages Rating Curve Development Wading Measurements (Low Flow) ADCP Measurements (High Flow) Automated 3 -Hour Web Reporting Usable Data Rating Curve Development Wading Measurements (Low Flow) ADCP Measurements (High Flow) Database Management Quality Assurance Methods Data Management / QA Software Senior Level Review Data Archive
Flow Monitoring Tools Data Collection Platform (DCP, Gage) • 3 hour transmission rate of stage and temperature data • State of the art self-contained bubbler system. • Digital logging system provides for future expansion of water quality parameters. • Easy to use keypad interface
Flow Assessment Tools • GOES DOMSAT LRGS Ecology has installed an LRGS (Local Readout Ground Station) for GOES satellite data retrieval. Data can be transmitted every three hours from Ecology GOES Data Collection Platforms (DCP) and received at Ecology within just a few seconds of transmission.
Continuous Real Time Stream Flow Information Fully automated web reporting. Data updated every three hours.
Ecology Streamflow Monitoring Network Ecology Stream Flow Monitoring People ( out of stream) Existing Stream Flow Gage Components Continuous Data Recorders Pressure Transducers / Bubblers Proposed Stream Flow Gage Components Continuous Data Recorders Self-Contained Bubbler Systems TMDL’s Modeling Water Right Acquisition Effectiveness Fish (In Stream) Enforcement In Stream Flows GOES Telemetry Web Reporting Compliance Staff Gages Rating Curve Development Wading Measurements (Low Flow) ADCP Measurements (High Flow) Automated 3 -Hour Web Reporting Usable Data Rating Curve Development Wading Measurements (Low Flow) ADCP Measurements (High Flow) Database Management Quality Assurance Methods Data Management / QA Software Senior Level Review Data Archive
Ecology Streamflow Monitoring Network Ecology Stream Flow Monitoring People ( out of stream) Existing Stream Flow Gage Components Continuous Data Recorders Pressure Transducers / Bubblers Proposed Stream Flow Gage Components Continuous Data Recorders Self-Contained Bubbler Systems TMDL’s Modeling Water Right Acquisition Effectiveness Fish (In Stream) Enforcement In Stream Flows GOES Telemetry Web Reporting Compliance Staff Gages Rating Curve Development Wading Measurements (Low Flow) ADCP Measurements (High Flow) Automated 3 -Hour Web Reporting Usable Data Rating Curve Development Wading Measurements (Low Flow) ADCP Measurements (High Flow) Database Management Quality Assurance Methods Data Management / QA Software Senior Level Review Data Archive
Columbia Cascade Existing Streamflow Monitoring
Columbia Cascade Proposed Stream Gage Network
WRIA 45 Wenatchee Existing USGS Gages Proposed DOE Gages
WRIA 46 Entiat Existing USGS Gages Proposed DOE Gages
WRIA 49 Okanogan Existing USGS Gages Proposed DOE Gages
Ecology Streamflow Monitoring Network Ecology Stream Flow Monitoring People ( out of stream) Existing Stream Flow Gage Components Continuous Data Recorders Pressure Transducers / Bubblers Proposed Stream Flow Gage Components Continuous Data Recorders Self-Contained Bubbler Systems TMDL’s Modeling Water Right Acquisition Effectiveness Fish (In Stream) Enforcement In Stream Flows GOES Telemetry Web Reporting Compliance Staff Gages Rating Curve Development Wading Measurements (Low Flow) ADCP Measurements (High Flow) Automated 3 -Hour Web Reporting Usable Data Rating Curve Development Wading Measurements (Low Flow) ADCP Measurements (High Flow) Database Management Quality Assurance Methods Data Management / QA Software Senior Level Review Data Archive
Ecology Streamflow Monitoring Network Ecology Stream Flow Monitoring People ( out of stream) Existing Stream Flow Gage Components Continuous Data Recorders Pressure Transducers / Bubblers Proposed Stream Flow Gage Components Continuous Data Recorders Self-Contained Bubbler Systems TMDL’s Modeling Water Right Acquisition Effectiveness Fish (In Stream) Enforcement In Stream Flows GOES Telemetry Web Reporting Compliance Staff Gages Rating Curve Development Wading Measurements (Low Flow) ADCP Measurements (High Flow) Automated 3 -Hour Web Reporting Usable Data Rating Curve Development Wading Measurements (Low Flow) ADCP Measurements (High Flow) Database Management Quality Assurance Methods Data Management / QA Software Senior Level Review Data Archive
Stream Gage Funding Proposals 2002 Apr 2003 Oct Apr Oct FFY 2002 Proposal = $508, 000 FFY 2003 Proposal (revised) = $85, 000 • Buy all equip • Install gages in Entiat; develop flow curves • Hire staff • Install gages in Wenatchee and Okanogan • O & M of all gages • Develop flow curves • Post data products to web
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