Santa Clara Valley Water District

STATION 6079 - RINCONADA WATER TREATMENT PLANT

ALERT ID 1524


Location
Latitude: 37˚ 15' 19" N
Elevation: 413.222 ft.
Longitude: 121˚ 58' 57" W
Locaide: 25 28-56


Description
Station located above the sludge ponds at the Rinconada Water Treatment Plant, in Los Gatos.
Period of Record
Measurements began December 1, 1968, with continuous operation to the present.
Station History
Date Note
12/01/1968 3-inch non-recorder installed.
09/25/1969 8-inch non-recorder installed.
04/25/1969 Tipping bucket recorder installed.
03/27/1975 Tipping bucket recorder replaced by 8-inch Fischer & Porter ADR recorder. Station moved 400 feet southeast, and 50 feet lower in elevation.
08/28/1991 12-inch Sierra-Misco radio-reporting tipping bucket Gauge, with one millimeter resolution, installed to supplement the existing Fischer & Porter ADR.
06/30/1992 Fischer & Porter removed.
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