MEETINGS - Summary of August Instrumentation Committee Meeting Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 10:26:52 -0500 To: "Catherine L Hill, ACH/Operations, Reston, VA" From: "Betty J Dodds, Secretary, Reston, VA" (Betty J. Dodds) X-Sender: bjdodds@130.11.51.82 Subject: MEETINGS - Summary of August Instrumentation Committee Meeting Cc: "A - Division Chief and Staff", "B - Branch Chiefs and Offices", "S - Special Distribution for Research", "FO - State, District, Subdistrict and other Field Offices", "PO - Project Offices", "CD - All Data Chiefs", "G. Louis Ducret Jr., Associate Chief, YMPB, Denver, CO" , "John R Gray, Hydrologist, Reston, VA" , "Michael L Plunkett, Supervisory Hydrologist(Eng), Pearl, MS" , "Steven M Hindall, District Chief, OH, Columbus, OH" , "William F Horak Jr., District Chief, ND, Bismarck, ND" , "William G Shope Jr., Chief, Br. of Oper. Support, Reston, VA" , "Ernest F Hubbard, Assistant Chief, OSW, Reston, VA" , "Jilann O Brunett, Data Coordinator, Reston, VA" , "Carl R Goodwin, District Chief, WA, Tacoma, WA" , "Eugene C Hayes, Chief, HIF, Bay St. Louis, MS" , "Dorothy E Greenwood, Secretary (Steno), Bay St. Louis, MS" , "John F Harsh, Tampa Subdistrict Chief, Tampa, FL" , "Kathleen K Fitzgerald, Hydrologist, Reston, VA" , "Michael L Plunkett, Supervisory Hydrologist(Eng), Pearl, MS" , "James E Putnam, Hydrologist, Lawrence, KS" , "Edward L Ford, Engineering Technician, Bay St. Louis, MS" , "Wayne Rodman, Quality Assurance Specialist, Denver, CO" , "Lynn K Miller, Hydro Tech, Albuquerque, NM" , "Edward P Simonds Jr., Hyd Tech, Altamonte Sprg, FL" , "Mark A Hardy, Hydrologist (Limnology), Boise, ID" , "Ralph W Teller, Supervisory Hydrologic Tech, Rapid City, SD" , "Peter E Hughes, Chief Supervisory Hydrologist, Madison, WI" , "Lee R Watson, Hyd (Geol), Indianapolis, IN" , "Dorothy E Greenwood, Secretary (Steno), Bay St. Louis, MS" , "William D Wiggins, Supervisory Hydrologist, Tacoma, WA" In Reply Refer To: Mail Stop 405 MEMORANDUM SEPTEMBER 30, 1996 To: Catherine L. Hill Assistant Chief Hydrologist for Operations From: Carl Goodwin Chairman, Instrumentation Committee Subject: MEETINGS--Summary of August Instrumentation Committee Meeting This memorandum summarizes the August meeting of the Water Resources Division (WRD) Instrumentation Committee (ICOM). The meeting was held to review proposals for new instrumentation projects, to continue work on the Instrumentation Management, Efficiency, and Quality Study assigned by the Chief Hydrologist, to review the progress of the 32 projects on the Committee's priority list, to prepare a first draft of fiscal year 1997 funding for priority projects, and to meet with the Chair of HYDRO21 Workgroup. A summary of the topics of interest to WRD management are listed below. More detailed information on these topics will appear in the meeting minutes. Region and district management are invited to contact their ICOM representatives for questions or comments. The ICOM reviewed project proposals for teflon churn splitters, surface velocity sensors, micro-pulsed radar-contact stage sensors, electronically compatible discharge measurement equipment, low cost doppler flow meter, acoustical doppler current profiler next generation, acoustical doppler current profiler testing/mobile bed, lead weights for wells, and one-stop shopping for instrumentation. The ICOM reviewed test and evaluation projects that were completed under three general categories at the HIF. Twelve continuous water quality monitor/sensor/meter projects were completed, six projects were completed for evaluation of submersible pressure sensors, and four projects were completed under the general category of manometer replacement. A listing of these projects will appear in the minutes of the August meeting. The ICOM completed a first cut of funding allocations for fiscal year 1997 priority projects. At the $200,000 level, 10 projects can be fully or partially funded by the ICOM. Eighteen projects can be funded at the $400,000 level. Project funding will be reviewed and updated in succeeding ICOM meetings and finalized early in fiscal year 1997. The ICOM approved for the USGS, a full service rent, lease, and purchase program for the HIF. Eugene Hayes, Chief of the HIF, will be reporting on a lease-to-purchase plan at the November ICOM meeting. Customers will be able to continue to rent equipment, purchase from the warehouse, and also to purchase through a lease-to-purchase agreement with the HIF. The November meeting of the Instrumentation Committee will be a joint meeting with the Instrumentation Technical Advisory Subcommittee at the National Training Center in Lakewood, Colorado. Plans are to review the first draft of the Instrumentation Management, Efficiency, and Quality Study for presentation to Senior Staff representatives at the ICOM February meeting in Reston, Virginia. The ICOM has invited Tom Yorke, Chief, Office of Surface Water, to attend the November meeting to discuss how the Committee might support the real-time hazards warning and HYDRO21 initiatives. cc: Distribution A, B, S, FO, PO, CD ICOM/ITAS Members