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Figure 10. Staff being replaced at Fulton Harbor public boat ramp, Aransas Bay 

 (see Staff 5, Chart G, Appendix B) 



At the office, the survey parties would benefit from ready availability 

 of a hard copy of the water-level record during the time they were onsite 

 for confirmation of the voice record and for documentation. The most 

 convenient way would be through facsimile; however, they would have 

 interest in downloading via the Internet, such as from a World Wide Web 

 (WWW) site, if they received training and equipment to do so. 



In addition, the CESWG and its field offices are routinely asked to 

 provide water-level data or these offices themselves need water-level data 

 for varied reasons, including response and analysis of boating accidents 

 and responses to oil spills. Convenient access to hard copy or archived 

 data reaching back several months would usually satisfy most such needs. 



Finally, interest was expressed in certain topics in related areas. A 

 primer (handbook) providing explanations of water levels and their inter- 

 relations was thought to be useful if not essential. The water-level 

 information should be given in local time and to the navigation datum, not, 

 say, to Greenwich Time or to an arbitrary staff datum that requires further 

 conversion. Information on wind and current, although not typically 



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