1. River gauges use electricity, but most weather sites use solar power because of their remote locations.2. River gauges and flood plain maps were useless.3. During late 1981 Elcom improved the Cicolini Trail to the Apsley River and installed a river gauging station. 4. A 2-foot-by-3-foot box, usually fixed to the bridge above street level, contains the river gauge equipment and antennas. 5. River gauges cost $ 25, 000 and use a deceptively simple way to measure water depth _ blowing bubbles.6. As a last resort, particularly if flood debris damages a river gauge , the LCRA sends employees to make visual reports. 7. During late 1981 the track to the Apsley River at Riverside was improved and Elcom installed a river gauging station. 8. The study found earlier flows at the 11 river gauging stations where snowmelt has the most effect on spring river flows. 9. The copious rain during July sent record-setting crests down the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, causing river gauges to malfunction along the way. 10. Another 21 river gauges will verify those projections, providing better information about how high water will rise in lakes and rivers downstream.
