PREFACE 



This report provides coastal engineers with a method for designing 

 stilling wells to accurately measure coastal water level fluctuations, 

 based on the theoretical and laboratory work of Noye (1974a, 1974b, 

 1974c) . The work was carried out under the coastal structures program 

 of the U.S. Army Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) . 



The report was prepared by William N. Seelig, Research Hydraulic 

 Engineer, Coastal Structures Branch, under the general supervision of 

 Dr. R.M. Sorensen, Chief, Coastal Structures Branch. 



Comments on this publication are invited. 



Approved for publication in accordance with Public Law 166, 79th 

 Congress, approved 31 July 1945, as supplemented by Public Law 172, 88th 

 Congress, approved 7 November 1963. 



JOHN H. COUSINS 



Colonel, Corps of Engineers 



Commander and Director 



