For Councils, Road Authorities, and Maintenance Contractors
Flood events are hitting communities across New Zealand and Australia harder and more often. Councils need real-time visibility across river catchments, stormwater networks, and flood-prone roads, but most locations still have no monitoring in place. HiLo's battery-powered radar sensors can be deployed in minutes and run for years, providing real-time water level data wherever monitoring is needed.
Across New Zealand and Australia, flood monitoring networks run by regional councils and the Bureau of Meteorology cover the major waterways. These networks are essential for flood forecasting, but they were never designed to cover every location where flooding causes problems. Many flood impacts occur at sites with no monitoring in place:
HiLo is designed to complement, not replace, traditional flood gauges.
Regional councils already deploy HiLo monitors across their flood monitoring networks, both as primary instruments, and for redundancy alongside existing gauges.
HiLo monitors are also deployed where gauging infrastructure has not previously been practical. This allows councils and maintenance contractors to increase monitoring coverage quickly, improving visibility in locations that were previously unmonitored.
In Australia, flood warning infrastructure is a national investment priority. Programmes such as the Bureau of Meteorology's Flood Warning Infrastructure Network (FWIN) are funding councils to extend monitoring coverage, and Queensland's Alternative Flood Warning Infrastructure (AFWI) guideline sets out the standard for alternative sensor technologies. HiLo equipment is deployed on FWIN-funded sites and is referenced in the AFWI guideline through the Sunshine Coast Council deployment.
HiLo flood monitoring systems are used across a wide range of surface water applications, including:
Across these use cases, the common requirement is fast deployment, minimal maintenance, and reliable data during rapidly changing conditions.
HiLo provides an end-to-end flood monitoring system that combines:
This integrated approach allows organisations to move from planning to live monitoring quickly, without complex system integration or specialist installation.
HiLo is simple enough to deploy at a single high-risk location, yet robust enough to support region-wide monitoring networks.
Organisations use HiLo for:
Data can be accessed through the HiLo platform or integrated into existing systems, including modern data platforms and private SCADA networks.
HiLo flood monitoring equipment is deployed across thousands of sites with councils and infrastructure operators throughout New Zealand and Australia. Deployments include:
This experience has shaped a solution designed for real-world conditions, operational use, and long-term deployment.
