What is it about?
Utah's population centers are urban valleys that use water from the mountains. We developed an observatory of sensors to measure and monitor water as it flows from alpine areas to urban valleys. This paper describes the logistics of establishing the network and some interesting examples of what we are learning from the data.
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Why is it important?
Water resources are invaluable, especially in arid areas such as Utah. As changes in population, land use, and climate affect these waters, we need to monitor and understand water sources and water quality and how human activities impact our water. Also, environmental monitoring observatories are increasingly common, and this work provides guidance and information on lessons learned establishing this type of network.
Perspectives
This paper represents the culmination of several years of work by this collaborative team in developing and implementing this network. I was pleased to be able to lead the paper, and each team member made important contributions. We hope that this can be informative to others establishing observatories with similar components and objectives and to local water managers and any other interested parties as access to the data is open to all.
Amber Jones
Utah State University
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This page is a summary of: Designing and Implementing a Network for Sensing Water Quality and Hydrology across Mountain to Urban Transitions, JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, August 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/1752-1688.12557.
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