Integrated Remote Monitoring · Services

Low-Cost Flood Gauges

More eyes on the creeks and roads that flood first.

Fill the gaps in your warning network

Low-cost gauges fill the gaps between your main flood warning stations. A non-contact level sensor on a simple aluminium arm reports over the mobile network, with alarms set to the exact level where water reaches a road or a bridge deck.

A level reading is only useful if you know what it means on the ground. We survey the sensor, the creek bed, the road crown and the bridge deck, then set alarm levels for water approaching and crossing the road. Every site gets a report with photos, offsets, survey data and trigger levels, so your team knows exactly what each alarm means.

What we deliver

Non-contact

Sensor sits clear of the water

Cat-M1

Low-power mobile telemetry

AHD

Surveyed alarm levels

Culvert crossing on a busy road
Low-cost flood gauge on a side-mounted aluminium arm at a bridge
Side-mounted arm on a bridge
RTK GNSS rover surveying a low-cost flood gauge board
Gauge board surveyed to AHD with RTK GNSS

Project snapshot

Low-cost gauge network, South East Queensland (2025–2026)

Since April 2025 we’ve installed and surveyed a growing network of low-cost gauges for a South East Queensland council, filling blind spots between the existing flood warning stations. Sites range from creek banks to bridge and culvert crossings, each with a structure built to the same standard as a main-road install.

SensorNon-contact level sensor, 7 m range
StructuresCreek bank, bridge side-mount, culvert top-mount
TelemetryCat-M1 (LTE-M) mobile network
SurveyRTK GNSS, GDA2020, tied to State survey marks
AlarmsSet from surveyed road and deck levels
SecurityKeyed locks, council awareness stickers
ReportingSite report with offsets and trigger levels

How we work

01

Assess

Site, access and signal

02

Design

Structure to suit the site

03

Install

Structure, sensor and target

04

Survey

Offsets tied to AHD

05

Alarm

Trigger levels and report

Talk to us about your network

Queensland councils can engage us directly through Local Buy – we’re a pre-qualified supplier under LB312. Call us on 0408 255 779 or send through the details of your site or network.