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AN APPROACH TO MARGINAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF HYDROMETRIC DATA COLLECTION1 |
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| Authors: | T. A. McMahon D.L.R. Cronin |
| Abstract: | ABSTRACT: A procedure for computing the benefit/cost ratio of a hydrometric network is outlined. It consists of two steps: firstly, establishing a relationship between hydrometric station density and error in hydrologic parameters and, secondly, relating hydrologic eror to changes in project cost. The procedure was applied to both the whole Canadian hydrometric network and the provincial networks. |
| Keywords: | hydrometric data hydrology stream gauging benefit/cost economics |