Assessing the National Streamflow Information Program (2004) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
1 Introduction
Pages 13-18
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included assessing cultural resources, biological and conservation assessment and instream flow needs, current operations of water resources, floodplain mapping, hydrologic and hydraulic design and modeling, legal obligations, longterm flow statistics, recreation, regional hydrologic analysis, river forecasting and flood warning, water quality analysis, water resources operations planning, and education. However, the streamgaging program is now challenged to adapt to changing economic conditions.
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. Congress had also expressed its concern about "the steady decline in the number of streamgaging stations in the past decade, while the need for streamflow data for flood forecasting and long-term water management uses continues to grow" (U.S.
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a nationwide system of federal interest streamgaging stations for measuring streamflow reliably and continuously in time; 2. a program for intensive data collection in response to major floods and droughts;
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The streamgaging component of the NSIP proposal calls for a fundamental change in funding sources for the streamgaging program. The NSIP envisions a federally funded base network of streamgages designed to meet five minimum federal streamflow information goals for (1)
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2. The components of the NSIP plan that are reasonable, appropriate, and sufficient, including an enhanced nationwide streamgaging network with a larger share of national funding, intensive data collection during major floods and droughts, periodic regional and national assessments of streamflow characteristics, enhanced streamflow information delivery to customers, and methods development and research.
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Chapter 3 examines each of the five criteria used to select NSIP base network gage sites and studies the distribution of gage locations across the nation resulting from these criteria. Chapter 4 looks at the question of where to site streamgages and how long such sites should be maintained.
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