Watershot | Home

Keeping watch over our recreational and commercial waterways

Arawhata River, Westland, New Zealand

WATERSHOT is the global first for monitoring water quality and health, with accuracy from computerized, satellite data, to high tech algorithms.

WATERSHOT is a gift Dr Andrew Taylor, Paul Brown and I can give to Earth, and is a culmination of our beliefs, experiences and determinations.

Julie Brown

Founder

WATERSHOT SATELLITE SCIENCE

WHERE

RIVERSLAKESOCEANSCOASTLINESMARINE RESERVESAQUACULTURECORAL REEFSMINING SITES AND VOIDS

WHAT

WATERSHOT is an innovative environmental logistics company that has developed a revolutionary package of water monitoring tools that can provide rapid sampling of water data across a complete spectrum of water sources, from remote coastlines to the most isolated rivers and lakes, quickly and cost-effectively.

WATERSHOT is an intelligent approach to water quality that is data-driven, highly directed, inquisitive and comprehensive in its commitment to learning and understanding.

WATERSHOT uses a combination of satellite-based spectral analysis and direct water sampling to help industry, communities and environmental agencies effectively monitor and identify changes in river water quality.

WATERSHOT portrays water quality by continuously tracking the extent of Alinity, Nitrate, E. coli, Total Suspended Solids, Turbidity and Chlorophyl-a, b, c concentrations in waterways.

WHY

Sustainability — WATERSHOT contributes to a sustainable water eco-system that benefits everyone. This contribution provides a smarter and better way of focusing attention, resources, effort and impact on the water quality of water eco-systems.

Contamination — WATERSHOT differentiates between the natural order of things and the contamination introduced by human activity on selected waterways.

Monitoring — WATERSHOT helps industries, communities and environmental agencies monitor and identify changes in quality by quantifying, benchmarking, defining and communicating the quality.

Regulatory — WATERSHOT enables authorities to act swiftly to enforce short term corrective measures to protect waterway quality; in the longer term they can target structural improvements affecting waterway quality through discharges from industrial or agricultural processes.

Safety Status — WATERSHOT assists local authorities and civic administrators to inform citizens of the safe status of surface water for recreational purposes.

Commercial — WATERSHOT empowers businesses to communicate to customers and stakeholders evidence of their environmentally compliant and sustainable operations as an integral part of their brand values.

HOW

Satellite flyovers occur at least every five days — cloud permitting

Data is analysed within 24 hours of a satellite overflight — allowing water quality issues to be rapidly identified

Advantages

WATERSHOT can be applied to most waterways.

Improvements

WATERSHOT improves water quality monitoring by pinpointing where and when to test, resulting in improved use of limited resources. More accurate and frequent data, presented promptly, allows agencies to use the data instantly.

Management

WATERSHOT data improves the understanding of a waterway's natural order and assists management of its ecosystem.

Ethics

WATERSHOT adheres to a strict code of ethics that governs how data is collected, tested and presented. This ensures objectivity and conclusions that are firmly evidence-based.

Our Analysis

Nitrogen Analysis

Longitudinal Studies

River Health Analysis

Hotspot Detection

WATERSHOT he wai tūtei – the water sentry

WHO

Julie - Writer - Promoter

Andrew - Teacher - Astrophysicist

Paul - Farmer - Innovator

Andrew, Paul and I familiarly thrive in New Zealand’s backcountry in our play and in our work, as individuals, as families, and as professionals.

The three of us attainably access New Zealand’s coastlines, rural expanses, backcountry and alps, from coastlines for fishing, diving and shellfish gathering, to lakes for picnicking and sailing, to marine reserves for swimming and snorkeling, to the foothills and backcountry for hunting and tramping, and to the high peaks for snow sports and mountaineering.

In all those locations, water is the word, and clean water the imperative. Such is our pursuit, made viable by our complementary skills of stories and promotion, space science and mathematics, and agricultural innovation.

Julie Brown
Founder
WATERSHOT SATELLITE SCIENCE