The design of gauging networks Anthropogenic requirement versus process knowledge

The construction and operation of water gauges as measuring facilities require considerable expenditure in order to fulfil their purpose of providing services of general interest. As a result, the majority of these are under the control of sovereign authorities and are financed by taxes. Not only for this reason, but also with regard to the available personnel, the locations of the gauging stations, which are combined in task-related networks, must be spatially optimally arranged. Both hydrological relationships and local boundary conditions must be taken into account