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Evaluation of the cost effectiveness of the 1983 stream-gaging program in Kansas

Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4107
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri844107

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Abstract

The results of an evaluation of the cost effectiveness of the 1983 stream-gaging program in Kansas are documented. Data uses and funding sources were identified for the 140 complete record streamflow-gaging stations operated in Kansas during 1983 with a budget of $793,780. As a result of the evaluation of the needs and uses of data from the stream-gaging program, it was found that the 140 gaging stations were needed to meet these data requirements. The average standard error of estimation of streamflow records was 20.8 percent, assuming the 1983 budget and operating schedule of 6-week interval visitations and based on 85 of the 140 stations. It was shown that this overall level of accuracy could be improved to 18.9 percent by altering the 1983 schedule of station visitations. A minimum budget of $760 ,000, with a corresponding average error of estimation of 24.9 percent, is required to operate the 1983 program. None of the stations investigated were suitable for the application of alternative methods for simulating discharge records. Improved instrumentation can have a very positive impact on streamflow uncertainties by decreasing lost record. (USGS)
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Evaluation of the cost effectiveness of the 1983 stream-gaging program in Kansas
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 84-4107
DOI 10.3133/wri844107
Edition -
Year Published 1984
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey, WRD,
Description iv, 57 p. :ill. ;28 cm.
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