With growing competition for water resources across different sectors, coupled with escalating pressures of climate change and regulatory reforms, More efficient irrigation is now vital for agricultural sustainability, particularly in water-stressed catchments where irrigated agriculture underpins rural livelihoods.
Advanced wireless sensor technologies offer a means of managing high and low river flows that create challenges for irrigators.
This booklet describes a pilot study in the River Strine catchment area in Shropshire to assess challenges and values of implementing advanced wireless sensor technologies for monitoring local water resources: how data can help farmers pre-empt risks and reduce their vulnerability to high and low flows passing through their catchment.