Measure
Five probes. One water point.
ADAPTIVE WATER-RISK SENTINEL
Water changes.
Know when.
Know what’s next.
Detect change early. Preserve evidence. Act faster.
A sensor node that learns one water point’s normal behaviour, flags unusual change, and puts a named operator in charge of the next step.
Screening & workflow. Accredited laboratories confirm the cause.
HYDROPHILIC NODE 001
Always listening.
Locally intelligent.
Locally intelligent.
ESP32-S3ADS1115SD + RTC
pH · EC / TDS · TURBIDITY · TEMPERATURE
GREEN — NORMAL-BASELINELearning this water point’s normal.No drinking-safety conclusion has been made.
01°18′ S 36°49′ E NAIROBI, KENYA
≈31mKenyans served outside a regulated utility¹
57%of Kajiado boreholes above the fluoride limit²
4explainable states. None gives a drinking verdict.
¹ WASREB Impact Report 18 (FY 2024/25): 22.8m of ≈54m Kenyans are served by a regulated utility. ² Kenya Water Institute study of 277 borehole water-quality reports (2022).
FROM SIGNAL TO RESPONSE
A closed loop. A human decision.
The alert is the beginning.
The evidence and response are the product.
Learn
An hourly, site-specific baseline.
Detect
Explain the unusual change.
Preserve
Log, label and capture a sample.
Confirm
Laboratory result. Operator closure.
Normal for this site
Continue monitoring the learned baseline.
No drinking-safety conclusion has been made.Watch the change
Repeat measurement; inspect the chamber.
No drinking-safety conclusion has been made.Preserve evidence now
Take a labelled sample; follow the response plan.
No drinking-safety conclusion has been made.Service the sensor
Exclude faulty measurements from risk decisions.
No drinking-safety conclusion has been made.BUILT AT THE INTERSECTION
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