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| − | Job description: Individual Gage Steward General responsibilities
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| − | # Prior to flood season
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| − | a. Reinstall all field transmitters and sensors (excluding those over the river/waterways)
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| − | i. Clean sensor
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| − | ii. Change batteries
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| − | iii. Inspect antenna
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| − | iv. broken antenna
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| − | 2. Clear debris or any obstruction beginning of season; each flood
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| − | 3. During flood season, generally
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| − | a. Monitor flood forecast
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| − | b. Signup for Floodzilla notifications
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| − | c. Attend monthly meetings
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| − | d. Be available prior to flood event, or notify team if unable
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| − | e. Outreach to community of users/communicate re: user experience
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| − | f. Ongoing performance monitoring
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| − | i. Remote diagnostics, incl. battery level (Liquid Levels & SVPA)
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| − | ii. Site-based diagnostics
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| − | 1. antenna (replace, tightening
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| − | 2. debris
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| − | 3. batteries
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| − | 4. reset
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| − | 5. indicator light
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| − | 6. need to clean
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| − | iii. Remove, return to office, return to manufacturer (general failure, manufacturer, inundation
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| − | 4. Prior to individual flood event (10 days)
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| − | a. Check all systems (tasks 3.f.ii)
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| − | b. Review recent data, look for and delete bad readings, determine cause, fix if possible
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| − | 5. During flood event/troubleshooting sensor/transmitter (as appropriate, limited based on safety)
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| − | a. Share Floodzilla with community (reminder!)
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| − | b. Monitor readings every few hours (during waking hours)
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| − | c. Mark gages off-line if bad readings, cannot be fixed during flood event (accessibility)
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| − | d. Take photos, make observations at key locations to build database
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| − | 6. After floods, especially if inundated (maybe too much to ask volunteers?)
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| − | a. Visit gage site, inspect (see tasks 3.f.ii)
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| − | 7. End of flood season
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| − | a. Take down transmitters/remove batteries/change frequency of readings)
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| − | b. Clean transmitters & sensors
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| − | c. Assist with end of flood season survey (to ensure they haven’t moved, as USGS and Forest Service do)
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