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<br />primarv Base station <br /> <br />Receiver/decoder <br />Micro Computer <br />ALERT Software (1) <br />Weather Radar <br />Miscellaneous Hardware <br />Subtotal <br /> <br />Data Collection System <br /> <br />26 remote stream and precipitation gauges <br />Radio repeater stations <br />Subtotal <br /> <br />Secondarv Base Station and Maintenance Eauipment <br /> <br />Receiver/decoder <br />Micro Computer <br />ALERT Software <br />Test and Repair Equipment <br />Replacement Parts <br />Subtotal <br /> <br />Installation and start up <br />10% contingency <br />Subtotal <br /> <br />Total System Cost <br /> <br />$ 3,000 <br />8,000 <br />3,000 <br />12,000 <br />1. 000 <br />$ 27,000 <br /> <br />$104,000 <br />21. 000 <br />$125,000 <br /> <br />$ 3,000 <br />8,000 <br />3,000 <br />5,000 <br />3.000 <br />$ 22,000 <br /> <br />4,000 <br />17.000 <br />$ 21,000 <br /> <br />$195,000 <br /> <br />Maintenance costs for the system would run between $3,000 <br />and $5,000 annually, with a predicted life expectancy of 25 <br />years, The system is expandable to several hundred gauges. <br />Approximately forty gauges are estimated to be the optimum <br />needed for this region, The initially proposed 26 gauge <br />system will give the minimum adequate coverage, <br /> <br />This early warning system will give accurate real-time <br />(instantaneous) reporting of precipitation and stream level <br />conditions, This information, in conjunction with the <br />National Weather Service meteorologic forecasting and weather <br />radar, will substantially improve the advanced warning of an <br />impending flood, allowing a more organized and efficient <br />evacuation, <br /> <br />(1) ALERT is a data management and analysis system offered <br />by International Hydrological Services that provides real-time <br />information for flood warning systems. <br /> <br />4 <br />