Sensors increase understanding and interest

Real-time nitrate sensors increased farmer understanding of contaminant pathways through their farm and the impact of rainfall events, and grew community interest in water quality improvement. This article summarises the results of a Rural Professionals Fund project that aimed to use real-time water quality monitoring to show the impact farm management can have on freshwater quality. All text in this article is licensed for re-use under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). First published in New Ground magazine (Vol. 2), December 2022