The Customer
Enava works with water infrastructure and environmental monitoring. They needed a reliable sensor solution to continuously measure groundwater and sewage levels in municipal systems — without the high costs and limitations of traditional wired systems.
This project represents an important milestone for CargoBeacon: it demonstrates that our sensor expertise extends beyond indoor IoT and tracking — into environmental and infrastructure monitoring where reliability and long service life are critical.
The Challenge
Municipal water infrastructure requires continuous monitoring. Groundwater levels affect construction, agriculture, and urban planning. Sewage overflow events are environmental hazards that need early detection. Traditional solutions rely on expensive wired systems or manual readings — both inadequate for modern infrastructure management.
Climate change increases both flooding and drought risks, making monitoring more essential than ever. The EU Water Framework Directive also demands increasingly stringent water infrastructure monitoring. The need is for low-power, wireless sensors that work underground — in wells, tunnels, and manholes.
The Solution
Custom Sensor Hardware
CargoBeacon designs and develops the entire sensor unit — electronics, enclosure, and water level detection. The hardware is engineered for harsh underground environments with high humidity, flooding risk, and chemical exposure.
Firmware & Wireless Communication
Firmware optimized for extremely low power consumption and reliable wireless communication from underground environments. The communication stack handles the challenges that metal covers, concrete, and water-rich environments pose for radio signals.
Cloud Integration & Dashboard
Sensor data is transmitted to the cloud for real-time monitoring, historical analysis, and alert management. A dedicated dashboard gives water utility operators full insight into all measurement points with automatic notification on anomalies.
Why It Matters
Climate Adaptation
Increasing flood and drought risks demand better water monitoring
EU Directives
The Water Framework Directive requires increasingly stringent infrastructure monitoring
Preventive Maintenance
Detect issues before overflow or contamination events occur
Cost-Effective
Wireless alternative to expensive wired monitoring systems
CargoBeacon's Role
CargoBeacon delivers the complete solution — from sensor hardware to cloud platform. This project demonstrates that we can develop custom sensors for any application, not just tracking tags.
Hardware Development
Sensor, enclosure, electronics
Firmware
Embedded software with low-power optimization
Communication
Wireless stack for underground environment
Cloud Integration
Data collection, storage, and APIs
Dashboard
Visualization and alert management
Need a custom sensor solution?
CargoBeacon develops custom sensors for any application — from environmental monitoring to industrial IoT. We deliver the full chain: hardware, firmware, communication, and cloud.