Manastash Creek Restoration Project

A component of the Manastash Creek Restoration Project is collecting flow data in Manastash Creek and in the irrigation ditches associated with the diversions. In all, we have 19 monitoring locations that include a pressure transducer and datalogger. At each of these sites, KCCD staff measures flow every two weeks in order to interpret the water depth measured by the transducers.

Sherry Swanson, the Project Manager, does the majority of the field work including collecting the water velocity measurements along a cross section of the creek or ditch at each monitoring location. Sherry is assisted this summer by Brent Dixon.

Sherry and Brent are out this week collecting data. The flow as been relatively high for this time of year. Sherry and Brent are still using the bridge board at some of the monitoring locations at bridges. The bridge board allows them to use the flow meter without getting in the water. Flows should continue to drop significantly in the next week.

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