Glossary

Your source for water‑industry hardware, IoT connectivity options, and Internet‑of‑Water terminology.

06 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

4-20 mA current loop

How the 4–20 mA analog current loop works, how to convert it for PLC/ADC inputs, standards (NAMUR NE
06 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Bluetooth LE 5.2 & LE Audio

How Bluetooth LE 5.2, the LC3 codec and Auracast broadcast audio enable low‑power, multi‑stream pers
08 Apr 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Continuous Water Level Measurement 2025

Practical guide to designing, procuring and operating continuous water-level monitoring programs in
13 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Digital Pulse Counter

How to specify, install and operate battery‑powered digital pulse counters for water‑meter retrofit
06 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács, Technical Freelance writer

Early Warning Systems for Floods & Multi‑Hazard Events

How municipalities turn sensors, forecasts and multichannel alerts into minutes‑to‑hours of actionab
06 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Flood Risk Management 2026

A practical, climate‑informed playbook for city‑scale flood risk reduction: from LiDAR hazard maps a
06 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Flood sensor

Practical guide to choosing, procuring and deploying municipal flood sensors (ultrasonic, radar, pre
05 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Flood Warning System

How sensors, telemetry and verified forecasting combine into an operational flood early warning chai
23 Apr 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Hydrostatic Level Measurement

How hydrostatic (pressure‑to‑level) sensors convert liquid column pressure into accurate height read
23 Apr 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Hydrostatic Level Measurement

How hydrostatic (pressure‑to‑level) sensors convert liquid column pressure into accurate height read
05 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

IoT gateway

How to choose and specify an industrial IoT gateway for utilities: procurement checklist, standards,
06 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

LoRaWAN

Practical guide to LoRaWAN for water utilities and smart‑city deployments: spectrum, range, battery
06 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

LPWAN

Practical, procurement‑ready guide for utilities and smart‑city teams on choosing and deploying LPWA
06 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

LTE Cat-M

Practical guide for utilities: how LTE Cat‑M (Cat‑M1) balances mobility, low power and modest throug
06 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Modbus RTU

Practical, field‑ready guide to Modbus RTU for water utilities: wiring, timing, register mapping, ga
05 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

NB‑IoT

A practical, procurement‑focused primer on Narrowband‑IoT for utilities and smart‑city water monitor
23 Apr 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Non-Contact Level Measurement

How radar and ultrasonic non-contact level sensors keep electronics above the liquid for low‑mainten
23 Apr 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Non-Contact Level Measurement

How radar and ultrasonic non-contact level sensors keep electronics above the liquid for low‑mainten
24 Apr 2026Ing. Peter Kovács, Technical Freelance writter

Non-Contact Level Sensor

Non-contact level sensors (80 GHz FMCW radar or ultrasonic) measure liquid and bulk-solid levels fro
06 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

NTN Satellite IoT

How Non‑Terrestrial Networks (NB‑NTN, NR‑NTN and satellite LPWAN) extend low‑power telemetry into re
13 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

OptoMOS relay

Practical guide to OptoMOS (PhotoMOS) MOSFET solid‑state relays: what they are, key specs (V_P, Rds(
13 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Pluviometer

What a pluviometer is, how it measures rainfall, the primary types (tipping bucket, weighing, optica
08 Apr 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Pressure Level Sensor

Practical guide to hydrostatic (pressure‑based) level sensors for tanks, wells and open channels — s
09 Apr 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Radar Level Sensor

Practical, standards-aligned guide to non-contact radar level sensors for water and wastewater — sel
13 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Rain Sensor IoT 2026

A practitioner’s guide to connected rain sensors (tipping‑bucket, weighing, optical and disdrometers
06 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

River level monitoring

Continuous stage and water‑surface elevation monitoring using cameras, radar, in‑situ sensors and sa
05 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

RS-485

Practical, field-proven guidance for specifying, wiring and commissioning RS‑485 fieldbuses in munic
06 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Urban flood monitoring

How cities combine street sensors, cameras and bias‑corrected rainfall to deliver hyperlocal, real‑t
04 May 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Water Level Data Logger 2026

Field guide to selecting, installing and operating water level data loggers in 2026 — compares press
08 Apr 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Water Level Monitoring System

A practical, procurement-ready guide to designing, deploying, and operating IoT water level monitori
09 Apr 2026Ing. Peter Kovács

Water Level Sensor

Practical, vendor‑agnostic guidance for selecting, deploying and operating IoT water‑level sensors a