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A water-monitoring apparatus includes an anchor for holding on to a bottom of the water, a buoy for floating on the water surface, a reel mounted on the buoy and a tension and signal cable including a lower end tied to the anchor and an upper end tied to the reel. The tension and signal cable is wound on the reel. A control device is connected with the reel. When the water level changes, the control device rotates the reel, thus adjusting a length of the tension and signal cable extending from the reel so that the buoy always float on the water surface. A shallow-water sensor is carried via the buoy for detecting a first environmental characteristic and for producing a first signal representative of the first environmental characteristic. A deep-water sensor is connected with the lower end of the tension and signal cable for detecting a second environmental characteristic and for producing a second signal representative of the second environmental characteristic. A signal relay is electrically connected with the upper end of the tension and signal cable. A transmitter transmits the first and second signals to a remote monitoring station.
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