We need to slow down and behave more responsibly with our boats. So lets do more to educate. The real time sites would provide an additional tool for education to participating agencies with jurisdiction in areas where the environmental monitoring sites are established. Measurements could be made at regular intervals and or when triggered by an event with real time feedback over the Internet. Sampled sufficiently, water level measurements define a figure of merit for the state of a marine environment.
Water level measures one component of the energy in the waterway system.
The flow of energy in a system tends to organize the system. Water dependant and water related activities are subject to the state of the marine environment. Accurate real time information can be used by the marine community in a number of practical ways. Applications include education, waterway zoning and planning, science and engineering, law and code enforcement. With help, over the next few months we will demonstrate a number of new, economic, environmental measurement technologies.