Inspect typical water monitoring equipment alan hooper

Water Monitoring

GBRI5 Runoff to Reef catchment scale

monitoring

Alan Hooper

Wet Tropics Coast

•  Sample near end of system

•  Barron River at Myola •  North Johnstone River at Tung Oil •  South Johnstone River at upstream Mill •  Tully River at Euramo

•  Herbert River at Ingham sample by Terrain

•  Monitoring for runoff to reef is generally at long term Gauging Stations

•  Some new gauging stations have been installed for this project

•  Local site is on the Tully River upstream of the coastal agricultural area

•  Tully River at Tully Gorge Gauging Station in Queensland Parks and Wildlife Colours

•  Gauging Stations used as discharge data is available at these sites

•  Gauging stations have telemetry •  Old – PSTN and Next G polled from

Brisbane •  New – Next G and Satellite IP equipped

sites FTP data whenever there is a change in near real time

•  Only local site next G IP is on South Johnstone River

•  Equipment used is commercial off the shelf

•  Statewide support by Hydrographic Support in Brisbane

•  They provide the equipment and repair/maintain/update equipment

•  Also adapt equipment to specific needs •  All gauging stations to be updated to

Campbell CR1000 with Next G or Satellite IP over the next five years

Recent Data North Johnstone River at Tung Oil

Recent data at Tully River at Euramo

Data Management

•  Time series data stored on HYDSTRA – now owned by Kisters AG

•  Results from Water Sample analysis currently stored on HYDSTRA as well as other departmental data bases

•  Stores both unvalidated near real time telemetry data and validated data

•  Stations polled by SODA - a Kisters product •  IP sites FTP to HYDSTRA and HYdsupp

Stage Discharge ratings developed using conventional current meters, Teledyne RDI Work Horse 600Khz ADCPS

and Sontek M9 ADCP (pictured below)