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Stream Gauging
Water information officer measuring stream flow
Water information officer measuring river flow

Stream gauging provides water quantity information for:
  • the design of water supplies, dams and other engineering works;
  • monitoring the sustainability of water allocation and water management;
  • implementing water restrictions;
  • flood mitigation and drainage;
  • monitoring climate change and drought; and
  • assessment of changes in water yields resulting from altered land use.




Update August 2008

Macquarie River stream gauging site
Gauging site on Macquarie River upstream of Lake River

New developments in stream gauging equipment now allow computer access to data in near real time. The current stream flow sites have telemetry for the coming 2008-2009 irrigation season.

Ratings development is currently being undertaken for all sites. As the ratings are developed the flow data will become available on the Water Information System of TasmaniaYou are now leaving our site. DPIWE is not responsible for the content of the web site to which you are going. The link does not constitute any form of endorsement (WIST) website and the flow plots on the DPIW web site. Interim ratings have already been completed for some sites with this data now available.

See the Water Flow section of WISTYou are now leaving our site. DPIWE is not responsible for the content of the web site to which you are going. The link does not constitute any form of endorsement for a list of current water monitoring sites.



Further Information

The responsibility for flood warning resides with the Bureau of Meteorology: www.bom.gov.au/hydro/flood/tasYou are now leaving our site. DPIWE is not responsible for the content of the web site to which you are going. The link does not constitute any form of endorsement
Contact: Section Head - Water Monitoring
Jeffrey Chamberlain
Section Head (Water Monitoring)
13 St Johns Avenue NEW TOWN TAS 7008
Phone: 03 6233 2862
Fax: 03 6228 5123
Email: Jeffrey.Chamberlain@dpipwe.tas.gov.au
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