San Juan County group discusses building a permanent stream‑gauging program

Sep 17, 2026

Stakeholders endorsed creating a regularly funded bank of gauges and pilot sites to improve streamflow monitoring, contingent on staffing and landowner agreements; they urged starting small and leveraging existing town gauges and USGS advice.

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A San Juan County Surface Water Group meeting on local monitoring laid out steps toward a permanently funded stream‑gauging program that participants said should set money aside regularly to build and maintain instruments.

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