We have a lot of water diversions here in CO, where should a monitoring station be positioned? Above the diversion, below the diversion? both?

Does all the data get stored in one location?

How vulnerable is the equipment to vandalism?

If no cell coverage. Can data be downloaded to chip and retrieved periodically? Then sent to data base.

is the Water Quality Monitor Station sign available from TU ?

We've not had a lot of vandalism, but it's certainly something to consider when siting your station. The only time we've had trouble is when installed in a high-traffic public location. Finding a private landowner willing to let you install on their property is a great option.

Gary: Yes, if no cell coverage is available, data are logged on the memory card and can be manually retrieved and uploaded.

Thank you

Unit Conversion Stroud wanted it in Metric for Monitor my Watershed, can we discuss

Tom: We are planning to provide a template for the sign that you can customize and install on your station.Regarding units conversion, please email Jake and me; it gets a bit technical, but is quite doable.

Is the site location data obscured to anyone? I am wondering if people could figure out exactly where a sensor is based on the data it provides publically

Do all stations include all sensors, or only function-specific sensors at each?

Is installation site elevation any consideration?

Hi Dennis, Station owners can choose from a variety of sensors, so it's dependent on what your monitoring goals are.

Hi Ryan: The site location coordinates are displayed on the website. However, you could "fudge" it on the website by entering obscured (slightly incorrect) coordinates.

Can they be powered by micro-hydro instead?

Dennis, regarding elevation, if you're asking about elevation above sea level, no that's not important. Of course, siting the waterproof logger box far enough from the stream channel that it doesn't get flooded/washed away is important.

"Thanks Matt" That was my interest.

Can you send out your written protocol after the webinar?

We have used steel cable to secure our wireless sensors, do you ever use stell cables in tandem with the sensor cable?

https://monitormywatershed.org/browse/

TYPICALLY...how much labor time is required monthly, and who performs this task to ensure data quality does not degrade?

How often do you visit sensor? Why?

Have most installations been at significant volume size streams/rivers?

Have any been installed in headwaters streams in mountain sites?

Dennis: Quite a few of our stations are installed in smaller streams. Regarding small mountainous headwater streams, the best example I can think of would be Leonard Creek in Oregon. Type "leonard" into the Search box on monitormywatershed.org to get a feel for the landscape

Obviously steep, deep canyons can make cellular coverage difficult or impossible

Have many TU chapters found that non/low tech member volunteers may be very difficult to recruit?

How do you have to collect data if there is no cell coverage

often

Thanks for this presentation. It’s been great! I know I’ll be checking sites that I’m interested in visiting. In our area, the issue for areas our chapter would be interested in, would be cell service for live recording. Otherwise…great stuff.

Thank you so much for this - it has been extremely helpful!

Thank you!

Installing a station, is this something that needs to be approved by local government and DNR ?

Thank you. Great information.

thank you!

Thanks this was fantastic