The commisioner of the Emery Conservancy Water District has a DSL line to his office to ensure
a fast and open internet connection to access the information. Equipment that gives each user a
wireless full-time Internet connection has been installed. The radio links which connect the
water users to the Internet use license free 900 MHz spread-spectrum radio modems. The range on
these radios is up to 50 miles. This type of full-time connection is used to connect
the water manager(s) homes to the information reguarding their water district. A custom-build
router was installed at the home of the commissioner. The router allows the manager to connect
his home computer, using an inexpensive network card and cable, to the Internet.
This link allows the manager or commissioner to always have access to the information.
Since the Internet connection is always "on", there is no set up time involved with looking at
the web site. Essentially this means that the latest water data is only a mouse click away. The routers
accommodate mulitple computers. The speed of the Internet data link is between 57 kbps (thousand bits
per second) and 115 kbps.