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Water Level 24 hours
Flow 24 hours
Monitoring site comments
The Dobson water level recorder is situated on the Grey River in the lower Grey catchment, 8km upstream of the township of Greymouth.
The site has a catchment area of 3830km2. Summer water levels at this site can get as low as 0.2 metres but normal water levels are closer to 0.7 metres.
A high flood water level of 6.9 metres was recorded at this site in December 1997. The First Stage Alarm Level for Flood Warning at this site is 3.4 metres.
This site is operated by the National Institute of Water & Atmosphere as part of the National Hydrometric Monitoring Network, and is a part of the West Coast Regional Council Flood Warning Network.