Abstract

FERNANDEZ DE CORDOVA WEBSTER, Carlos Javier  and  RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ, Yakelín. First results of the current network of hydrometeorological monitoring in Cuenca, Ecuador. riha [online]. 2016, vol.37, n.2, pp. 44-56. ISSN 1680-0338.

The hydrometeorological monitoring is essential for proper management and conservation of water resources and to understand the functioning of drainage systems or to establish an early warning system. In the city of Cuenca there are some hydrometeorological monitoring networks, the Municipal Public Company of Telecommunications, Water, Sewerage and Sanitation of Cuenca (ETAPA EP) is the most important, as it has stations in the basins of four major rivers across the city. In recent years a modernization and improvement of the hydrometeorological network ETAPA EP has allowed most stations transmit information in nearly real time,allowinghydrometeorological information being displayed and analyzed instantly to generate alerts and take precautions against possible floods.

Keywords : ETAPA EP; management and conservation of water resources; hydro-meteorological monitoring; early warning system; real-time.

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