Comments Received
Advisory Committee on Water Information
May 18-19, 1999 Meeting Report

1. U.S. Department of Agriculture
Glenda Humiston, ACWI Representative

Attachment 8, page 1, Streamgaging Task Force

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Representative to the Streamgaging Task Force: Replace Dan Smith with Don Woodward.

Attachment 10, Subcommittee on Spatial Water Data

USDA recommends that there should be a co-chair for this subcommittee, and that the Natural Resources Conservation Service should take that role based on major work undertaken on this subject. (See the Terms of Reference for this subcommittee for its current organization).

Attachment 10, page 2,

NRCS has not officially accepted the use of the 10 and 12 digit nomenclature for the 5th and 6th levels of watershed delineation. NRCS is reviewing the proposed standards and will have comments on this subject.

2. U.S. Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service
Danny L. Fread, ACWI Representative

Attachment 8, page 1, Streamgaging Task Force

NOAA, National Weather Service
Representative to the Streamgaging Task Force: Replace Edward Johnson with Glenn Austin.

Attachment 23, page 2, AHPS Demonstration Products

Advanced Hydrologic Prediction System,
Delete the statement "National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (graphic)". Replace with "Flood Forecasting Areal Display (graphic)".

3. U.S. Department of the Interior
Geological Survey
Thomas H. Yorke, Co-Chair, Streamgaging Task Force

Attachment 7, page 1,  Streamgaging Task Force

Edit the text in Task 1 as follows:

1.3   Obtain meta data for each streamgaging station Organization operating station

Unique station code (<=15 characters)

Station name

Latitude and longitude

Drainage area

Years the station was active

Telemetry available (Y/N)

Data available in electronic form (Y/N) Data quality documented (Y/N

1.4   Enter data in the USGS network evaluation tool.

Attachment 8, page 1,   Streamgaging Task Force

Representative to the Streamgaging Task Force, for NOAA, replace Edward Johnson with Tom Dietrich.

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