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Measuring Suspended-Sediment Concentrations, Grain Size and Bedload

By Upper Midwest Water Science Center
Durand streamgage mounted to bridge View from Durand bridge of boat crew conducting multibeam surveys Hydro-tech using crane to collect a bedload sample from bridge View of Durand Bridge and sampling crew from boat Bedload sample collected from the Durand bridge Hydrologic Technician collecting bed material at Durand streamgage Hydrologic Technician performing maintenance on Scour Monitor and ADVM Scour Monitor multibeam echologger mounted to Durand bridge Two single-frequency ADVMs mounted to Durand bridge Chippewa Dunes Multibeam Survey - downstream of Durand bridge