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CSIRO wireless sensor networks prove their reliability

New sensor technology advances Australia's water management

CSIRO Media Releases – 21 March 2007
Embargoed until Thursday 22 March – World Water Day
CSIRO's Fleck wireless sensor network data is advising
Queensland's Burdekin sugar cane farmers of ground water salinity,
thus saving water, time, money and crops.
(Fleck node in cream box; water metre in blue pipe.)
Solar-powered Fleck sensor node


Image credit – Stephen Brosnan, CSIRO ICT Centre



Image credit – Stephen Brosnan, CSIRO ICT Centre

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CSIRO's Fleck technology will enable wireless environmental
monitoring thus reducing the cost of water resources monitoring
and increasing water efficiency


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