Colorado’s Surface Water Monitoring System Colorado Division of Water Resources

History State Hydraulic Engineer State Hydraulic Engineer Water Rights Administration Water Rights Administration Stream Flow and Diversion Measurements Stream Flow and Diversion Measurements Reservoir Capacity, Cost and Location Reservoir Capacity, Cost and Location First gaging station installation First gaging station installation 1884 First chart recorder installation 1884 First chart recorder installation Division of Water Resources Division of Water Resources Public Safety Public Safety Ground Water Permitting Ground Water Permitting Interstate Compacts Interstate Compacts Hydrographic and Satellite Monitoring Hydrographic and Satellite Monitoring

Hydrographic and Satellite Monitoring Branch 28 project staff 28 project staff Gaging station operations and maintenance Gaging station operations and maintenance Stream flow measurement Stream flow measurement Electronic equipment maintenance Electronic equipment maintenance Records publication Records publication Software development and web administration Software development and web administration Manage surface water monitoring system Manage surface water monitoring system Satellite-linked starting in 1985 Satellite-linked starting in 1985 VAX and DB2 database VAX and DB2 database Retrieve data from external sources Retrieve data from external sources

6 Hydrographic and Satellite Monitoring Branch Water administration/distribution Water administration/distribution Compact administration Compact administration Water storage and release Water storage and release Flood warning/monitoring Flood warning/monitoring Dam safety Dam safety Recreation/safety Recreation/safety Environmental monitoring Environmental monitoring Minimum stream flow Minimum stream flow Certified final stream flow records Hydrologic modeling Water rights analyses, exchanges, transfers Litigation Wildlife and fisheries Water quality

Data Collection Overview

Surface Water Monitoring System Data Collection DWR Data Collection DWR Data Collection 456 DWR gaging stations on satellite telemetry 456 DWR gaging stations on satellite telemetry 62 cooperator gaging stations 62 cooperator gaging stations Federal agencies (USBR, USACE, NWS) Federal agencies (USBR, USACE, NWS) Local entities (Colorado Springs, Aurora, etc.) Local entities (Colorado Springs, Aurora, etc.) Stream flows and diversions Stream flows and diversions Reservoir levels Reservoir levels Environmental data (precipitation, air and water temperature) Environmental data (precipitation, air and water temperature) Water quality parameters (cooperators) Water quality parameters (cooperators) Data from external providers Data from external providers 375+ external stations 375+ external stations U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey Water conservancy districts (NCWCD, LSPWCD, SVLHWCD) Water conservancy districts (NCWCD, LSPWCD, SVLHWCD)

Surface Water Monitoring System Data Collection Satellite Telemetry Satellite Telemetry 509 NESDIS IDs (411 active) 509 NESDIS IDs (411 active) 86% are High Data Rate (HDR) 86% are High Data Rate (HDR) Decode 53 cooperator IDs Decode 53 cooperator IDs 10,700+ transmissions /day 10,700+ transmissions /day 105,500+ data values/day 105,500+ data values/day 32,000+ diagnostics values/day (signal strength, battery voltage, error codes) 32,000+ diagnostics values/day (signal strength, battery voltage, error codes) Data provider stations Data provider stations Via web services Via web services Data automation services Data automation services 45,200+ data values / day 45,200+ data values / day

La Plata and Cherry Creek Ditch Rio Grande Above the Mouth of Trinchera Creek Cheeseman Reservoir

Data Processing Overview

Decode and Processing Server Data Retrieval & Decoding Data Retrieval & Decoding Ilex Local Readout Ground Station Ilex Local Readout Ground Station Ilex DCS Real-time Process (self-timed and random data) Ilex DCS Real-time Process (self-timed and random data) Ilex DCS Diagnostics Process (raw transmission string) Ilex DCS Diagnostics Process (raw transmission string) Data Processing Services Data Processing Services Data Loader Service Data Loader Service Data Processor Service Data Processor Service Diagnostics Service Diagnostics Service USGS Data Service USGS Data Service NCWCD Data Service NCWCD Data Service System Monitor System Monitor Monitor Service Monitor Service

Database Server Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Data storage Data storage Update Decodes database Update Decodes database System configurations System configurations System status System status Data Processing (Data Transformation Services) Data Processing (Data Transformation Services) FTP export DTS FTP export DTS

System Administration Hydrologic Management System (webHMS) Hydrologic Management System (webHMS) Web accessible application Web accessible application Configure station setup Configure station setup Manage gaging station lists Manage gaging station lists Manage satellite transmission configurations Manage satellite transmission configurations Update Decodes database Update Decodes database View system and station diagnostics View system and station diagnostics Reporting Reporting

webHMS – Station configuration Manage station setup Manage station setup Change platform Change platform Configure station sensor data Configure station sensor data Reporting Reporting

webHMS – Diagnostics System status System status View diagnostics View diagnostics Data transmission strings Data transmission strings

Colorado’s Surface Water Conditions Web Site Provide near real-time telemetry data to personnel and the public Detailed graphs Tabular data Approximately 3 million page views per year

Colorado’s Surface Water Conditions Customized user station lists Statistics Analysis / Comparison Tools

Telephony Solutions Alert Notification System Alert Notification System Dials out to subscribers Dials out to subscribers User subscribed station list User subscribed station list Informs subscriber of “red flag” conditions (minimum, maximum or rate of change) Informs subscriber of “red flag” conditions (minimum, maximum or rate of change) WaterTalk WaterTalk Inbound stream flow condition requests Inbound stream flow condition requests Approximately 90,000 inbound call per year Approximately 90,000 inbound call per year Active Call Center

Automated Data Services Web Service ColoradoWaterSMS Expose provisional data to Cooperators, Application Developers, and other data harvesters.NET platform, can be consumed by any SOAP client Web Site URL FTP Site Data exported from SQL Server using scheduled Data Transformation Services (DTS) packages Being phased out in favor of web services

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