What we do
Remote tank monitoring for every tank, bore and dam on the place.
If it holds, carries or pumps water, we can put a level or a flow reading on it, and get that reading back to your phone, wherever the tank happens to be.
What we monitor, tanks, bores, dams and troughs
One simple view for the lot, set your own alert line on each.
Rainwater & stock tanks
Steel or poly, at the house or out in a paddock. Level and trend, so you see it dropping before it's empty. An ultrasonic sensor in the roof of the tank reads the distance down to the water, so nothing touches it and nothing corrodes; a submersible pressure sensor suits very tall or odd-shaped tanks. Detail on the choice in remote water tank level monitoring.
Bores & dams
Depth on dams and bore levels, so you can plan water and spot a bore that's not keeping up. A bore recovering more slowly than it used to is a maintenance flag, not an emergency, so it belongs in a daily summary rather than a 2am alert. How the whole chain fits together is on monitoring the whole farm water system.
Troughs
Know the stock have water without the drive. An empty trough turns into an alert, not a dead-animal phone call. A trough that is empty or falling fast in hot weather is the one thing that should interrupt your afternoon, which is why trough alerts sit at the top of the urgency ladder. More on the sensor itself in stock trough water level sensors.
Pumps & pressure
See if a pump's running and holding pressure. A pump that's failed gets flagged before the tank behind it runs dry. Watching the pump as well as the water gives you an unmistakable pattern: the pump reports off while the tank level is still falling when it should be filling. That is minutes of warning instead of a day. See pump dry-run protection and generator and pump failure alerts.
Leaks & flow
A tank draining faster than it should triggers an early warning, so a split line costs you a fix, not a full tank. Catching the rate of change is where monitoring beats a dipstick: a weekly gauge reading would never see a slow leak, because every single reading still looks plausible on its own.
History & trends
Use last season to plan this one, usage, fill rates and what's normal for each tank. Every reading is logged and kept, so you can compare one season against another and prove what actually happened rather than argue about it from memory.
Getting the signal back, even from the back paddock
This is where most off-the-shelf monitors fall over. We pick the link to suit each tank, not the other way round.
Long-range radio (LoRa)
Battery-and-solar sensors relay readings kilometres back to a gateway with a connection. Built for paddocks with no mobile bars.
Satellite
For properties with nothing at all, readings go up via satellite tank monitoring. If you can see the sky, we can get the number out.
Cellular, where it reaches
Where there's coverage, a simple cellular sensor is the cheapest option, and we'll tell you honestly when that's all you need. It is simpler to stand up on a single remote point, but it costs more in power and carries a data plan, so it is the exception rather than the default.
Not just water: diesel and fuel tanks too
The same sensor, link and dashboard that watches a water tank watches a diesel tank. That matters on a property where the genset, the pump and the header tank all depend on fuel that nobody checks until something stops. A low-level alert means a pump or a genset never runs dry because the fuel ran out, and a sudden overnight drop, which no legitimate use looks like, raises an alarm on your phone rather than showing up as a surprise the next time you look at the gauge. The full picture is on remote diesel fuel tank monitoring.
What it costs, and what you own at the end
There is no honest fixed price, because the cost follows your site rather than the sensor. The sensor that reads the level is the cheap part. What moves the price is how far the tank sits from where you want the reading, whether there is clear line of sight, whether there is power at the tank or it runs on solar, and how many tanks you are watching. Two tanks near the house cost far less to set up than one bore two kilometres out with no power and no signal.
More tanks are cheaper per tank. The dashboard, the gateway and the network are built once and shared by everything on the property, so the first point carries most of the setup and each one after it is mostly another sensor and its link. That is also when the system earns its keep, because it is the far tank you forget about that runs dry.
Our position on the money is own it, not rent it. You own the sensors, the network and the dashboard, so there is no per-tank monthly fee ticking over through good years when nothing has gone wrong. The full breakdown of what drives a quote is on what water tank monitoring costs.
What's included
Done-for-you, end to end. No box of parts and a manual.
Design for your property
We work out what to monitor, where the gear goes, and how the readings get back.
Install & setup
We fit and seal the sensors, stand up the link, set your alert levels and set up the app.
Ongoing maintenance
Batteries, knocks and dropouts get sorted by us, so the system stays trustworthy, not abandoned.
Who it's for
Graziers & mixed farms
Stock water across paddocks you can't see from the house, troughs, tanks and the bores that feed them.
Croppers & irrigators
Storage, pumps and flow you need to plan around, not babysit.
Lifestyle & acreage
Rainwater that you rely on at the house, with a heads-up before you're carting water in.
Remote & off-grid
The places with no power and no signal, exactly where this earns its keep.
Questions people ask
Can you monitor a tank with no mobile signal?
Yes. We use long-range radio (LoRa) to relay readings to a point with a connection, or a satellite link where there's no coverage at all.
What can you put a level sensor on?
Rainwater and stock tanks, bores, dams, troughs and pump pressure, steel or poly, any size.
Do you install it or do I?
We design, install and maintain the whole setup. You get the app and the alerts.
Related guides
The rest of the site, in one place, so you are not hunting through the menu for the page you want.
- remote water tank level monitoring, Which sensor to fit, why range and battery beat features, and alerting that reaches your phone.
- what water tank monitoring costs, The honest drivers: distance, line of sight, power at the tank and how many tanks you are watching.
- monitoring the whole farm water system, Bore, pump, tanks and troughs watched as one chain, with the alerts layered so the urgent ones stay urgent.
- how tank level sensors work, An interactive explainer: drag the water level and watch ultrasonic, pressure and float read the same tank.
- pump dry-run protection, What a dry run does to a pump, and the protection ladder from a float switch up to level sensing with phone alerts.
- pump running costs and off-peak pumping, What a bore or pressure pump costs to run, worked out from your own bill, and why the tank is already a battery.
- remote diesel fuel tank monitoring, Low-level alerts so pumps and gensets never run dry, plus overnight-drop theft alarms.
- stock trough water level sensors, How they pick up a dry or leaking trough, and how they run off-grid.
- generator and pump failure alerts, Know the moment a pump stops or a genset trips, even on sites with no mobile signal.
- solar power for remote sensors, Panel and battery sizing for off-grid sensors, winter margin, and holding up through a cloudy week.
- reading the tank level from the house, Measure it at the tank and send the number home over a low-power radio, with no mobile signal needed.
Tell us what you've got.
A plan and a price for your property, no obligation, no jargon.
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