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2014 OVERVIEW : National Streamgage Network Design by USGS. USGS Streamgage Network a n effective combination to achieve high quality science based on reliable measurements and shared investment guided by national priorities. USGS Streamgaging History. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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2014 OVERVIEW:National Streamgage
Network Designby USGS
USGS Streamgage Networkan effective combination
to achieve high quality science based on reliable measurements
and shared investment
guided by national priorities
USGS Streamgaging History• John Wesley Powell (USGS Director; 1881 – 1894)
directed USGS to begin monitoring streamflow in the west
• First USGS gage in 1889 on the Rio Grande near Embudo, New Mexico
• By 1895, streamflow was being monitored by USGS in 27 states/territories
• Most stations in 1968 = 8,320 in operation• In 2012, USGS was operating 8,025 Streamgages
National Streamgage Network
• Cooperative Water ProgramCWP = 4,521 streamgages in 2012(+750 interpretive studies)
• National Streamflow Information Program NSIP = 3,504 streamgages in 2012
8,025 total USGS active streamgagesan effective combination
to achieve high quality sciencebased on reliable measurements
and shared investment
guided by national priorities
National Streamgage Network
Cooperative Water Program
CWP Mission: to provide reliable, impartial, and timely information needed to understand the Nation's water resources through a program of shared efforts and funding with state, tribal, and local partners to enable decision makers to wisely manage the Nation's water resources.
Cooperative Water Program• CWP = hydrologic data + investigative studies• Program started as a 50:50 cost-share
not authorized by Congress, except for specific direction in annual federal appropriations legislation
• Active in every state & most territories• Engages more than 1,500 cost-share
“Cooperators,” >700 for streamgages alone• Guided by national priorities
Cooperative Water Program
• CWP = hydrologic data + investigative studies• Data collection by USGS maintaining high QA/QC
Accessible to all without chargeConsistent, Reliable & Available 24x7x365
• Data & studies are limited by funding, but Cooperators are paying 2x the funds USGS gets– Competitive selection applying national priorities– USGS scientists get direct involvement in latest challenges– Cooperators get impartial science expertise from a
national agency that has no regulatory function
National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP)
• Requested by Congress in 1998USGS design was reviewed by NAS/NRC in 2004NSIP was authorized by Congress in 2009
• Program concept is to establish a reliablenational “backbone” streamgage network to meet 5 specific, national needs andprovide benchmark for monitoring by others
• Design = Network of 4,759 streamgagesStrategic locations across America asFoundation for other streamgage networksReliable + Continuous Federal Funded
4,759 does not provide sufficient resolution to meet federalneeds and constrain uncertainty without CWP supplement to bring national streamgage network to more than 8,000
National Research Council Review• 2004 review of USGS design for NSIP• 2007 review of USGS River Science• 2009 review of USGS Water Program• New science and more data are needed
by federal, state, tribal, interstate and local officials to effectively manage watertowards sustainable ends
• American water community needs anational leader in water sciences
• Favorable review of USGS operations, science capabilities and NSIP design
National Streamflow Information Program
• Reliable national streamgage network to meet5 specific, national needs
• Design =network of 4,759 monitoring sitesreliable + continuous federal funded
Actual < 75% currently operating, and 87% of those 3,504 streamgages lack reliable funding (i.e., depend on CWP Cooperators & OFAs), which defeats
the intended reliability of NSIP• A fully implemented NSIP would require
$115 M to complete and $110 M/yr to operate
National Streamflow Information Program Implementation Status
National Streamgage NetworkTotal NSIP + CWP Streamgages
NSIP $28M 17%
CWP$28M 17%
OFA $27M 17%
State/Local $79M49%
USGS Streamgage Network Funding, FY 2013 $161.5M
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130
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46 50 58 62 66 64 69 73 77 78 79
26 2826 27 28 29
30 30 28 28 2722
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24 19 2425 25 27 28 28
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1414 17
2022
28 27 29 28
USGS Streamgage Network Funding Through Time2003 – 2013 (In $Million)
NSIPCWPOFAState local
Questions??effective combination to achieve
high quality science based on reliable measurements and
shared investmentguided by national priorities
Contact ICWP/Peter Evanswww.icwp.org
(703) 243-7383 or [email protected]
USGS Streamgage NetworkAn effective combination
to achieve high quality sciencebased on reliable measurements
and shared investment
guided by national priorities• Cooperative Water Program
without the cost-share investmentfederal government would not have adequate coverage
• National Streamflow Information Program without reliable funding for the set of “backbone” streamgagesfederal government loses long-term records needed toidentify trends and support interpretive science
8,025 total USGS active streamgages providing the benchmark needed by USGS and other agencies
Stakeholder Support Coalition
• Organized by ICWP with help from:– Western States Water Council– Association of State Floodplain Managers– American Society of Civil Engineers– National Water Resources Association– American Rivers– National Wildlife Federation
Stakeholder Support Coalition• Focused effort to inform the
Administration (Interior & OMB) and Congress• 53 organizations endorsed our 2013 letters
2013 Stakeholder Coalition• American Canoe Association• American Rivers• American Society of Civil Engineers• American Water Resources Association• American Water Works Association• American Whitewater• Appalachian Mountain Club• Association of American State Geologists• Association of California Water Agencies• Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies• Association of State Dam Safety Officials• Association of State Floodplain Managers• Association of Clean Water Administrators• Bear River Commission• California Sportfishing Protection Alliance• Coastal States Organization• Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum• Colorado Water Congress• Delaware River Basin Commission• Environmental Defense Fund• International Federation of Fly Fishers• Great Lakes Commission• Hydropower Reform Coalition• Idaho Rivers United• Interstate Commission on the Potomac River
Basin• Interstate Council on Water Policy• Irrigation Association
• Missouri River Association of States & Tribes• National Association of Clean Water Agencies• National Association of Flood & Stormwater
Management Agencies• National Association of State Boating Law
Administrators• National Drought Mitigation Center• National Hydropower Association• National Water Resources Association• National Wildlife Federation• The Nature Conservancy• New England Interstate Water Pollution
Control Commission• Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation
Commission• Oregon Water Resources Congress• Pennsylvania Environmental Council• Pennsylvania Organization of Watersheds &
Rivers• Rivers Alliance of Connecticut• River Network• Susquehanna River Basin Commission• Texas Water Conservation Association• Trout Unlimited• Trout Unlimited, Pennsylvania Council• Upper Colorado River Compact Commission• Upper Mississippi River Basin Association • Water Environment Federation• Western States Water Council
• Yellowstone River Compact Commission
National Streamgage Networkby USGS
effective combinationto achieve high quality science
based on reliable measurements and
shared investmentguided by national priorities