Description of Telemetered Gauging Station

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Station Number G0060046

Station Name Todd River at Wigley Gorge

This site is located at Wigleys Gorge North of Alice Springs, in the Todd River catchment. It was established in 1972, recording both Gauge Height (River Height) & Rainfall. In 1990 the site was upgraded with Telemetry, providing near ‘real time’ river height & rainfall data. This data is available for both the prediction & recording of flood events that may affect Alice Springs.

The instrumentation at the site measures river height & rainfall, which is relayed back to the Departments’ Hydrographic unit in Darwin via the ‘ALERT’ telemetry system. (Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time). This data is automatically forwarded to the Bureau of Meteorology.

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