Committee discusses low‑cost river gauges and National Weather Service integration

Apr 22, 2025

Vernon County alliance members reviewed options for river‑level monitoring, including USGS gauges and lower‑cost IntelliSense units; members favored testing lower‑cost systems that can feed data to the National Weather Service while county staff will follow up with Monroe County and the NWS for operational details and costs.

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Alliance members spent time reviewing options to expand river‑level monitoring in Vernon County, with discussion focusing on technical and budget tradeoffs and whether the National Weather Service (NWS) or the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) should host or display the data.

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