Water has become one of our most valuable natural resources and there is an ever increasing need to monitor this resource. This includes monitoring water levels and flows as well as monitoring important water quality parameters. Water levels and flows are monitored for a number of reasons, including flood control, domestic water supply and treatment, irrigation, power generation and recreation. 

Since many water monitoring locations are remote and even inaccessible during certain times of the year, manual monitoring of these water quality, level and flow parameters can be very time consuming and labor intensive. In addition, it is often difficult to obtain accurate and up-to-date water level and flow data when it is needed most, such as during a storm event to monitor for flooding conditions. Likewise, it is difficult to capture a specific event, such as an illegal point source discharge, when water quality parameters are only monitored on a random or irregular schedule. Not having access to such critical data can prove to be costly or even life threatening. As a result, responsible owners and agencies are often forced to make important decisions based on old, insufficient or nonexistent data.