NEMI Method Summary

Method Summary Information

Method Number: D5413C Media: WATER
Revision: Reapproved 1997.  Current edition approved May 15, 1993.
Method Source: ASTM International
Subcategory: PHYSICAL Analytes in this method
Official Name: Standard Test Methods for Measurement of Water Levels in Open-Water Bodies
Descriptive Name Remote-interrogation water-level measurement devices (Test Method C)
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Brief Method
Summary:
 This test method is applicable where remote interrogation of water level or discharge is required. Procedures described in Test Method A are generally used to set these devices to the correct datum. Devices described in this section may be accessories to devices described in Test Method B.
Remote interrogation devices may be nonrecording, or may be able to store and then transmit data collected over a period of time. Remote interrogation may be by telephone, direct wire, satellite, radio, or meteorburst transmission.
Information on transmission or receiving equipment and procedures is not included in the test method.
Scope And
Application:
 These test methods cover equipment and procedures used in obtaining water levels of rivers, lakes, and reservoirs or other water bodies. The procedures detailed in these test methods are widely used by those responsible for investigations of streams, lakes, reservoirs, and estuaries, for example, the U.S. Agricultural Research Service, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, and the U.S. Geological Survey
Applicable
Conc Range:
Interferences: None indicated.
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Relative Cost: Greater than $400
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