Surface water, stream gauging & flow
Water level and flow stations on creeks, diversions and release points, backed by real gaugings and rating curves you can stand behind.
More about surface water
Environmental monitoring for mine sites
Reliable monitoring. Live data you can act on.
Hydsight designs, installs and services automated monitoring stations, then puts the data to work in one live portal, with alerts against your EA limits and TARPs.
- Water, rainfall, groundwater, dam, dust, blast and noise monitoring
- SMS and email alarms tied to your EA conditions and TARPs
- Field hydrographers and software developers in one Brisbane team, with 24/7 support
- Stations that keep reportingDesigned, installed and serviced by our own team.
- Alerts that mean somethingTriggered against EA limits and TARPs, with logic that screens out faulty sensors.
- All your data in one placeOur stations and other providers' equipment in one portal.
- Ready for reportingValidated data, daily emails, custom reports and exports.
Trusted by global miners and industry partners
- IT security certifiedCorporate IT certified, including penetration testing
- Single sign-onLog in with your corporate credentials
- Hosted in SydneyRuns on Amazon Web Services in Australia
- Supplier-agnosticTakes data from our stations or any other provider
- 24/7 supportPhone line and built-in portal service desk
- Zero lost-time injuriesClean safety record
What we do
Monitoring services for mine environmental teams
One team for the whole job: from scoping and installing stations through to servicing them, checking the data and reporting it.
Rainfall & weather stations
Rain gauges and full weather stations that report live and trigger rain TARP alerts the moment thresholds are reached.
More about rainfallGroundwater & bore levels
Bore level loggers with telemetry, so groundwater data arrives without a monthly round of downloads.
More about groundwaterDam storage
Live water levels and storage volumes for mine water dams, so you always know how much capacity you have.
More about dam storageDust & gas monitoring
Real-time particulate monitoring (PM1 to TSP) with wind data, plus gas monitoring, all live in the same portal as your water data.
More about dustDesign, supply, install & servicing
Complete stations designed, built and installed by our team, then serviced on a schedule that keeps them reporting.
More about designData validation, reporting & auditing
QA/QC of real-time data, validated datasets and clear reports, so what goes to the regulator is right.
More about data validationThe Hydsight portal
Every station, alarm and report in one secure web portal on desktop or mobile, including data from other providers' equipment.
See the portal
The Hydsight portal
Your environmental data, put into action
Our portal combines real-time sensor data with your Environmental Authority (EA) limits and Trigger Action Response Plans (TARPs). Your team sees what's happening and what to do about it, on desktop or mobile.
- Network overview, map view and interactive charts
- SMS and email alarms, including rain and dam TARP triggers
- Daily rainfall and flow summary emails
- Custom reports and data exports for compliance
- Connects to your existing loggers and data stores, including Hydstra sync
- Single sign-on with your corporate credentials
Source dam level
Rising
Release window openReceiving-water flow
Above trigger
EA release criteria metRecommended configuration
Outlet gate 1Open: partial
Release valve 2Open
Transfer pump 3Hold
Operator overrideAvailable
Compliance record
Release data saved and ready to export for reportingExport
Featured: Release Optimiser
Make the most of every release window
Developed with Glencore Coal, the Release Optimiser recommends gate, valve and pump settings for mine-water releases based on live dam levels and your EA release criteria.
- Recommended configurations from live data and EA criteria
- Plan, adjust or override, with operators staying in control
- Release data saved and exported for compliance reporting
- Helps move water when conditions allow and reduces the risk of production downtime
Recent projects
Recent work in the field and in the portal
A few recent jobs, from installing dust stations and lysimeter networks to building software for mine water management.
Dust
Real-time dust monitoring stations
New stations reporting PM1, PM2.5, PM4, PM10 and TSP every minute, with wind data, live in the Hydsight portal. Supplied, installed and connected by our team.
Groundwater
Lysimeter network for a groundwater recharge study
Ten drainage and percolation lysimeters with soil moisture sensors at multiple depths, drilled and instrumented to measure recharge and leaching over the long term.
Dams & rainfall
Dam storage and rainfall network
Seven dam monitoring stations and a standalone rainfall station supplied, installed and maintained for a coal mine, with water levels, storage volumes and alarms live in the Hydsight portal.
Integration
Three providers, one portal
A new mining client's real-time water, dust and noise data, previously split across three monitoring providers, brought together in one Hydsight portal.
How it works
From first call to live data
A simple, low-risk process, whether you need one rain gauge or a full monitoring network.
Site assessment
We talk through your EA conditions, TARPs and problem areas, then look at the site (in person or remotely) to work out what needs measuring and where.
Clear quote
You get an itemised quote covering equipment, installation, servicing and portal access, with no surprises later.
Install & handover
Our team installs and commissions the stations, sets up your portal, alarms and reports, and shows your people how to use it.
Servicing & portal
Scheduled servicing, breakdown support and data checks keep the network reporting. Your data is live in the portal from day one.
Why Hydsight
Field know-how and software in one team
The Hydsight team brings field hydrographers and software developers together, with over 40 years of combined experience. The people who install your stations work alongside the people who build your portal.
- Built for mine sites: years of running real-time water and weather networks for major mining companies in Australia and Papua New Guinea
- Responsive, on site: a Brisbane-based team that knows mine sites, wet seasons and EA conditions
- 24/7 support: by phone and through the portal's built-in service desk, including over Christmas when operations keep running
- Works with what you have: a supplier-agnostic platform that connects existing loggers and other providers' data rather than starting from scratch
- Secure and IT-approved: hosted on AWS in Sydney, with single sign-on, and corporate IT certified, including penetration testing
- How we work: collaboration, trust and generosity, with relationships that last
Field hydrographers
Hands-on experience installing and running gauging stations and real-time surface water, groundwater, dust and weather networks for mining companies in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Software developers
Senior engineers who build and run the Hydsight portal, the data pipeline, alarms and the Release Optimiser, turning what environmental teams need into tools they actually use.
Over 40 years combined
Decades of combined experience in hydrography, environmental monitoring and software engineering, focused on mine sites.
Case study
Replacing an unreliable data portal at an open-cut coal mine in Central Queensland
The site needed a more reliable environmental data portal, a daily average dust SMS, dam TARP SMS and email alerts, a weekly TARP summary and a custom data export.
- Modern web portal on desktop and mobile
- Daily dust SMS that screens out false readings, so workers aren't evacuated unnecessarily
- TARP status and required actions shown in the portal, with SMS and email alerts on every change
- Validated data synced from Hydstra, and exports that can exclude unvalidated data
0outages recorded in 12 months on the Hydsight portal
~1 mintypical time from a reading being logged to it showing in the portal
Request a quote
Tell us about your site
New stations, taking over servicing of an existing network, or just better access to the data you already collect. Send us the details and we'll be in touch.
- Phone1300 163 426
- LocationBrisbane, QLD · on site where you need us
Use the form and we'll get back to you, or call us. Existing clients have 24/7 support.