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and 00 significant impact to the navigation function at the CUrrent ]ew] of .....att'r ~upply use. ~tunicipa] and industria] .....ater supply would take prect'dent over na\'~ igation. Hecrf'lltlOn-th('re is no significant impact. I am sure Ihi;, was over;;imp]iJil'd. I am sure a lot of people in the audience don't agree with evel}1hing J han' said. We Iried 10 show, in (Jur daily operalions for all the eight funclions we do have, t'wn Ihough I1(KKl COntro] dOt's take priority. .....e have quil{' a bal- ancing 8('t to do, It takes long ranl:(e planning to get the job done. Data Collection and Use in System Operations Lllrr~ ~Iurphy, Hydraulic Efl~ln.;('r ,\fisMJUn Rit'pr [)h'i.~i(jfl c-.:.,'. Army ('(}rp"~ of EnJ.!lnt'f'r,\ YI>U hf'ard Duane talk about Ihf' ollt'ralion of the system. alld ('het talk ahout Iht' impacts nelwN'n \"ar- ious purposes. I would like to talk for a few moml'nb on the syslf'm .....l' u,;e to ('0/]('('1 dala, and the typf' of data Wf' collel'\. and how we use this information to manag-(' the main stem s~'stem. I thought I ('(Ju[d h('st du Ihi" hy reviewing thl' variou;;. Ilwthods that ha\'f' het-n list'd to col]t'C1 informal ion nf'f'ded 10 manage tht' reSef\'Olrs, Tht' lirst dala collection method. list'd by Loth Ih.. Corps and tht' :\aliona] Wt'8thl'r St'f\"ict- was hirf'd observers or Pt'op]p in Ihf' field to go down to the rivf'r and rt'ad a pt'fflUlllt'nt staff gaugt'. This informfllion was rt'cordf'd in a book mailed anct' a month to Iht' watt'r COni rol OfliCb. Thi;. systt'm was upg-raded when the le]t'phont' mo\'ed aU! Inlo tht' remolt' areas of the hasin, AI Ihe more key kwatiun,." waler control ,;talf would either call or ha\"e the ob,.,ef\'t'r call in Iht- rt'ad- in/;: once a da~. Hullf'tlns WNe prepart'd from thi,., data and the waler control managers wt'rf> ab]t' 10 set' at lea"t onct' a day what was happt'ning- on the rlwr. The next big- Slep forward was t ht' Te!emart :-\ystem Ihat allowt'd a waler ('Onl ro] pt'rson or anyonf' e],.,e who had the telephont' number 10 actually call a sitt' and Ihrough a ;.t'Tif's of sounds or Oet'ps, df'lt'rmine whllt the gauge heig-ht wa" at Ihat lIme. ::'0 you could gel more than ont' reading!-Wr da~' during critical pt'riods. A few individuals would ('all the crilical locations and 36 ~'(lU ('ould keep up to date on what .....as actually going on in tht' fje]d. A lillle lalt'r radios wt're added. Especially at the projf'(.t" so Wf' cou]d la]k dirt'clly with Ihf' projt'ct peo- pie, They wert' UU! "t'lling- information from Ihe public and other persons as wf'11. ';0 you had a direct intf'rface wilh a per"on tht're. Tht' nt'xt big "Iep .....as wht'n the ;'\;alional \\"f'lllhN ~l'f\'ice intrexluced their DAHDEC ;;'ystf'm. DARDEC is an acronym that slands for Dig-ilal Automatic J{t'- mot.. Data Col]eclion. It was an elf'('tronic devise on tht' gauging stalion wilh a te]t'phonf' hookup that pro- vidt'd a means .....hl.reby a eomputt'r could Bctually ('all ttw site and rt'cord the information dirt'ctly without Larry Murphy Larry MurpI'ly is a HyctauIiC Engneer In the Reser;or Reg- wtIOn Secborl 01 the Reserve.- Control Center. He is a grad- uate 01 the UniverSIty 01 NeOrasll.a at Lincoln and has a Bact'08IOr of Soenc:e Degree in QviI Eng.ne.enng, Larry 'NOl1Ied fer st:lout five years lOt the NeOrsska [).epanment 01 Roads as a Oeslgn Engneer, He came 10 the Corps 01 Engneers, Omaha [)stnct, and was WIth the Reservou- RegulatIOn Cenler fer 51. years ther-e and pnor 10 JCWWlg the Reservor RegulatIOn SecbOnfReser\'Olf Conlrol Center al the M.5SOUr1 RIver OM- s.:lnln1981.