Sensing Program

WRON will upgrade the hydrometric network to digital – and open up a world of possibilities with real-time observation and analysis. We now have the technolog yto do this.

A nationally coordinated monitoring system retrofit, combined with an extension program, will enable significant procurement savings. It will also allow the seamless integration of data into WRON, for maximum effect.

Similar benefits can be expected to follow upgrades of water use metering, including significant water savings from revelations of over-extraction.

WRON will also be designed to include rigorous, automated aquatic ecosystem health assessment. For example, continuous video- and acoustic-based assessments of fish and wetland bird populations, and periodic high-resolution remote sensing of floodplain vegetation health could be included.

New measurement sensor and communication technologies enable cheaper and more accurate measurement, as well as the ability to relay information to the outside world in real time via the internet.