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Committee discusses low‑cost river gauges and National Weather Service integration
Summary
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.
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.
The choices discussed included USGS gauges (higher installation and annual maintenance costs) and lower‑cost commercial systems such as IntelliSense (lower upfront and annual fees). County staff said USGS installations can cost roughly $14,000 to install with annual maintenance near $5,500; IntelliSense‑type systems were…
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