SWMC signs a Memorandum of Understanding with USAID

March 28, 2003 - Viktor Khoriev, Chairman of the State Water Management Committee (SWMC) and Christopher D. Crowley, Mission Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Ukraine on cooperation for flood management in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. The execution of this Memorandum will make implementation of the USAID funded project "Cooperation with US Geological Survey (USGS) to Install Satellite Streamgages on Zakarpattia Rivers," possible. The Ukrainian Land and Resource Management Center (ULRMC) is coordinating the effort between U.S. and Ukrainian authorities.

Zakarpattia Oblast presently has only one hydrometeorological post and one meteorological station that operate automatically. In May 2001, after assessing the possibilities for technological improvements in the flood monitoring network's operation , ULRMC and the USGS, in collaboration with the SWMC of Ukraine (Zakarpattia Oblast Branch), proposed to install satellite telemetry-based, automatic streamgage stations on the rivers of the Tisa Basin. These stations will be transferred to SWMC (Zakarpattia Oblast Branch) as a recipient of U.S. technical assistance. The stations will be installed in locations where the transmission of observation data via radio communication is not reliable and where electricity is unavailable. The new streamgages will be equipped with solar batteries and panels that can provide power for several weeks even under cloudy conditions. The first USGS station is planned to be installed on the Latorytsya River in Svalyava. The realization of the "Cooperation with US Geological Survey to Install Satellite Streamgages on Zakarpattia Rivers " project will lead to improved data collection for flood forecasting and monitoring.

ULRMC and USGS, under financial support from USAID, will conduct training for Ukrainian specialists on how to conduct hydrological situation monitoring in Zakarpattia with the help of these streamgage stations, maintenance, data processing and forecasting.


[ Last updated : 08-Apr-2003 18:00 ]
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