National Industry Guidelines for hydrometric monitoring
This series of eleven National Industry Guidelines covers activities relating to surface water level, discharge and water quality monitoring, groundwater level and water quality monitoring and rainfall monitoring.
They contain high level guidance and targets, and present non-mandatory Australian industry recommended practice.
The Water Monitoring Standardisation Technical Committee endorsed updated guidelines in December 2018, following a five–yearly review process. The review updated the currency and relevance of the guidelines and added more detailed guidance for groundwater monitoring.
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| Title | Designation | Status | Publication date | Supersedes publication* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glossary |
NI GL 100 00–2022 | Current | May 2022 | NI GL 100 00–2019 |
| Primary measured data |
NI GL 100 01–2019 | Current | Feb 2019 | WISBF GL 100.01–2013 |
| Site establishment and operations |
NI GL 100 02–2019 | Current | Feb 2019 | WISBF GL 100 02–2013 |
| Instrument and measurement systems management |
NI GL 100 03–2019 | Current | Feb 2019 | WISBF GL 100.03–2013 |
| Gauging (stationary velocity area method) |
NI GL 100 04–2019 | Current | Feb 2019 | WISBF GL 100.04–2013 |
| Data editing, estimation and management |
NI GL 100 05–2019 | Current | Feb 2019 | WISBF GL 100.05–2013 |
| Stream discharge relationship development and maintenance |
NI GL 100 06–2019 | Current | Feb 2019 | WISBF GL 100.06–2013 |
| Training |
NI GL 100 07–2019 | Current | Feb 2019 | WISBF GL 100.07–2013 |
| Application of acoustic Doppler current profilers to measure discharge in open channels |
NI GL 100 08–2019 | Current | Feb 2019 | WISBF GL 100.08–2013 |
| Application of in-situ point acoustic Doppler velocity meters for determining velocity in open channels |
NI GL 100 09–2019 | Current | Feb 2019 | WISBF GL 100.09–2013 |
| Application of point acoustic Doppler velocity meters for determining discharge in open channels |
NI GL 100 10–2019 | Current | Feb 2019 | WISBF GL 100.10–2013 |
| Application of surface velocity methods for velocity and open channel discharge measurements |
NI GL 100 11–2021 | Current | Oct 2021 | N/A |
| ADCP Measurement field sheet and quality matrix – pdf form (367KB) |
(Matrix appears in Appendix C of NI GL 100 08–2019) | Current | Feb 2019 | N/A |
* You can access superseded guidelines here.
The guideline glossary is also published in the Australian Water Information Dictionary (AWID).
Refer to the Basis for Endorsement document for a summary of the context and benefit of these guidelines, and to learn more about how industry contributed to the guideline development and review.
Part 11, on application of surface velocity methods, has a separate Basis for Endorsement document, as it was developed and published separately in October 2021.
Your feedback
The Water Monitoring Standardisation Technical Committee (WaMSTeC) encourages all users of endorsed guidelines to raise issues, comments, corrections or other feedback relating to guideline content, scope or application. Provide your feedback by emailing the Bureau. Please consider using the attached form to provide your comment.
Governance of the guidelines
The National Industry Guidelines for hydrometric monitoring are living documents. WaMSTeC is accountable for ongoing governance of these guidelines and they are subject to periodic review through WaMSTeC at intervals of no greater than five years. The purpose of the periodic review is to ensure that the endorsed guideline continues to meet all stated requirements, remains technically sound and is up to date with technological advancements.
For more information on these National Industry Guidelines please contact the Bureau.
