The new Smart Beach pilot program, launched by the region’s Municipal Innovation Council and hosted at the Municipality of Kincardine’s Station Beach, will provide beachgoers with up-to-date information so they can stay safe at the beach.
Smart Beach uses innovative technologies to collect and analyse water and weather conditions and develop a system that will provide beachgoers with real-time information on local water conditions, including rough surf and the presence of rip currents.
Dr. Chris Houser from the University of Windsor is leading a Smart Beach project with an end goal of developing an integrated sensor network to provide real-time and locally calibrated risk and hazard warning system for beach users and local authorities that guides the behaviour of beach users through a dynamic warning system.
Learn more at smartbeach.ca.
For other beach safety resources visit the Beach and Water Safety page.
To read the council report visit Smart Beach Project, Parks and Recreation-2021-16
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