How it works
Water restrictions can change quickly, especially during dry months. Here's how the data stays current.
Sources are automatically monitored
Official sources from councils and water authorities are monitored for restriction changes. There may be a short delay between a source being updated and changes being reflected.
Changes are detected
Content is analysed using AI to identify whether restrictions have changed. This includes detecting:
- An area moving between restriction stages (e.g. Level 1 → Level 2)
- Upcoming changes, such as a stage taking effect on a future date
- Restrictions being lifted or expiring
Each result includes a confidence score and reasoning. This is useful for auditing and improving accuracy over time.
Changes are applied
High-confidence changes are applied automatically. Lower-confidence ones are held for manual review, where they are accepted or discarded.
AI detection badges
What are these badges?
These badges appear on restriction data that was automatically detected by AI, not entered manually. The rest of this page explains how that works.