Remediation Technology recently spoke with Quinn Jones, Senior Product Manager at Digi International about the different connected sensors available in the environmental remediation industry.
Monitoring water levels in reservoirs, tanks and settling ponds is a critical part of managing water as a resource. Connected sensors can monitor temperature, moisture, water levels, leaks, and other physical characteristics in irrigation systems, pipelines, tanks, weather stations, and industrial machinery anywhere on the planet. Examples range from monitoring water quality and levels, to irrigation systems and weather stations. Today’s irrigation systems have evolved and instead of responding to on/off inputs, they are connected to soil moisture sensors and weather stations to better understand when the soil needs moisture. By using intelligent, connected devices with embedded communications modules, important information can be processed using edge computing technology – rapidly sending critical data to the cloud or a data center for action or analysis.