The data transmission is near real time, displaying on the webpage with an approximate 3 to 5 minute delay. The gauges are tipping bucket style gauges with a solar-powered transmitter that utilizes the digital control channel of the cellular communications network to transmit the data to a webpage in 15-minute increments when it has rained at least 0.01 inches in that 15-minute period.The ongoing annual service fee cost is shared by stormwater engineering and clean water services. Data about the amount of rainfall recorded during the 36 hours before 9am each day, along with recently recorded hourly and daily rainfall totals and a running. The equipment cost was jointly funded by a grant from Watershed Committee of the Ozarks, and funding from stormwater engineering, clean water services, and Greene County Resource Management.Concise weekly highlights replace longer reports.