Bayou St. John Gets High Tech

Bayou St. John recently received solar powered high tech water monitoring equipment that will monitor such things as depth, temperature, oxygen, and salinity levels which when all processed together will indicate water quality. And, if that wasn't enough, the unit will eventually transmit this data to a public website.

This data could be used by fishermen to know when is the best time to catch fish in Bayou St. John. The data could also be used by scientists to back up the residents requests to have the Bayou St. John sector gates open on a regular basis and only closed during extremely high tides or when a hurricane enters the Gulf of Mexico.