Argyle Diamond Mine Surface Water Monitoring, Western Australia

Rivers and weather events in the Pilbara region of Western Australia (WA) are extreme. Battling with streamflow networks that can take out entire roads & rail coupled with daily rainfall events which can range from 20mm-+100mm in the wet season, reliable early warning systems are critical for mine site operation and safety. Numerous water level monitoring sites were installed on reactive tributaries utilising the EWS Iridium Satellite connected devices. Additional Tipping Bucket Rain Gauges were installed in surrounding areas to provide more accurate and localised meteorological information to customers.

The WaterNSW Groundwater Monitoring IoT upgrade is the largest government agency groundwater digitisation project ever carried out in Australia. EWS were awarded the contract to supply 5,000 EWS Switch devices (a mixture of Iridium and cellular communication type) to upgrade the states groundwater monitoring network. These devices paired with level sensors will provide high resolution information about the states important groundwater resource.