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<br />.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />HYDROLOGICAL INFORMATION SERVICES-- A NEW CONCEPT <br />IN WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT <br /> <br />QC <br />. ~) <br />(M <br /> <br />LAST JULY, heavy rains on the Arkansas <br />River threatened severe flooding. Instead, <br />local, state and federal authorities were <br />alerted in time to control reservoir <br />releases and deploy personnel, reducing the <br />risks of property damage. <br /> <br />~,..? <br />) <br /> <br />'. .,,) <br /> <br />DURING 1983, it is estimated that <br />Coloradans can save at least $1.5 million. <br />through prevention of possible property <br />damage, assurance of full water right <br />entitlements under interstate compacts, and <br />through more efncient allocation of <br />in-state water 'and improved water <br />management overall~ <br /> <br />These are just a few of the results of Hydrological Information <br />Services, a fully automated, satellite-linked water monitoring <br />network which the State has been using since 1981 -- and which is <br />now available to water user agencies and associations. <br /> <br />HYDROLOGICAL INFORMATION SERVICES (HIS) <br /> <br />In OctOber, 1981, Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) <br />and its sUbsidiary, Environmental Research & TeChnology, Inc. (ERT), <br />began Hydrqlogical Information Services (HIS). HtS, a <br />pr ivately-financed program, was designed to demonstrate and test the <br />benefits to the State of Colorado of a comprehensive, real-time <br />surface water information system. Today, after 18 months of State <br />use, HIS has "met the test" for an ever-expanding range of State <br />wa ter managemen t r equiremen ts and public services. To fulfill these <br />objectives, COMSAT/ERT has worked closely with the United States <br />Geological Survey (USGS), canal companies, State Division Engineers <br />and the Southeastern Colorado Conservancy. For details, please see <br />the enclosed pamphlet "Water Mahagement via Satellite." <br /> <br />The Proposed Statewide HIS Program <br /> <br />For 1983, COMSAT!ERT has proposed to Colorado a statewide ,HIS <br />network of 150 water monitoring sites. This would almost double the <br />current HIS setup o.f about 80 sites and would considerably expand <br />the State's capabilities in water allocation, flood control and many <br />other water.-related public services. The offices of the State and <br />Division Engineers as well as the entire Department of Natural <br />Resources would have access to water flow data from each of the 150 <br />sites. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />, ,_ -- ,--J ~~I <br />.--") .- ~?) c; ~ ,j',.';J <br />