Is My Area Covered

Is my area covered?

Warning

A Taggle meter in your area does not mean this receiver will work. So far only one transmitter, in Gladstone, QLD, has been confirmed, at the default 922.2 MHz setting. Other areas may use different radio channels, other Taggle generations, or encrypted messages.

Quick check

1. Search your council or water utility's website for "smart water meter", "digital meter" or "Taggle".
2. Look at your water bill or online portal. Hourly usage graphs or leak alerts are useful clues. They don't prove it's Taggle, though. Other brands and mobile-network meters offer these too.
3. Open your meter box and look for a Taggle label (how to do it safely).
4. If you're unsure, phone your council and ask whether your property has a Taggle transmitter.

Before buying, confirm Taggle at your property and check the label for NB-IoT. A portal or a matching appearance is not proof. After installation, a reception test must establish whether your own configured transmitter supplies usable pulses; the scan checks decoded messages near the supported channel, not all Taggle frequencies.

Reported working

Council	State	Transmitter	Result
Gladstone Regional Council	QLD	White cylindrical, cable-connected Taggle tag; no model number on the label	Working: 18-byte clear frames, hourly, 922.2 MHz centre, RTL-SDR Blog V4. Exactly one unit tested.

This is one field report. It doesn't confirm every meter in Gladstone, or anywhere else. Please report your result, whether it worked or not.

Publicly announced deployments

Taggle has said it works with over 45 councils and water utilities, and 75 across Australia in a 2025 announcement. It doesn't publish a full list.

The table below lists public announcements only. It is not complete. Some entries are pilots, partial rollouts or older plans, and rollouts change over time. Being on this list does not mean ha-taggle works there.

Council / utility	State	Public source
Gladstone Regional Council	QLD	Inside Water: staged rollout
Mackay Regional Council (meters since 2013)	QLD	Source needs confirmation for this entry; Taggle case-studies archive
Logan City Council / Logan Water (selected areas, including Bannockburn)	QLD	Source needs confirmation for this entry; Taggle case-studies archive
Southern Downs Regional Council (Warwick, Stanthorpe)	QLD	Taggle: staged installations
Douglas Shire Council	QLD	Council Magazine: rollout announcement
Longreach Regional Council	QLD	Taggle: community rollout
Central Highlands Regional Council (pilot reported 2024; Taggle involvement unconfirmed)	QLD	Council: Capella installation, April 2024. Confirms smart meters but doesn't name Taggle; the supplied Inside Water overview does not identify this pilot. Confirmation needed.
Cassowary Coast Regional Council (reported installing)	QLD	Inside Water: Queensland councils, 2022
Flinders Shire Council (reported installing)	QLD	Inside Water: Queensland councils, 2022
Richmond Shire Council (reported installing)	QLD	Inside Water: Queensland councils, 2022
Tamworth Regional Council (about 23,000 meters; completed 2024; includes satellite installations)	NSW	Taggle: completed project
Dubbo Regional Council	NSW	Daily Liberal: 2020 tender; Council: December 2025 meeting outcomes
Armidale Regional Council	NSW	Rollout decision, published on Taggle's site. The article itself doesn't name the supplier.
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council	NSW	Taggle: rollout announcement
Narromine Shire Council	NSW	Taggle: smart metering and district monitoring
Narrabri Shire Council	NSW	Source needs confirmation for this entry; Taggle case-studies archive
Lithgow City Council	NSW	Source needs confirmation for this entry; Taggle case-studies archive
Mid-Western Regional Council	NSW	Source needs confirmation for this entry; Taggle case-studies archive
Gunnedah Shire Council	NSW	Source needs confirmation for this entry; Taggle case-studies archive
Leeton Shire Council	NSW	Council: Taggle project; Utility Magazine: rollout and portal
GWMWater (Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water)	VIC	Taggle: rural meter replacement program
Nhulunbuy Corporation	NT	Corporation: 2022 rollout and FAQ
New Zealand expansion (no council named)	NZ	Taggle: expansion plans, 2025

The full table of public announcements now lives here. Please send corrections through an issue or PR. See Tested hardware for the single confirmed transmitter and the November 2026 VM test.

Why might it not work in a "Taggle area"?

• Different channel. Taggle's V200HT datasheet allows 915–928 MHz or 928–933 MHz. ha-taggle listens near 922 MHz only. It doesn't sweep every channel.
• Encryption. Taggle's SP3C datasheet says its transmissions use AES-128 encryption. ha-taggle can see an encrypted meter's ID and signal strength, but not its usage, and it won't try to decrypt it.
• Mobile-network (NB-IoT) meters. Some newer Taggle products use NB-IoT, a mobile-phone-network radio. Taggle's product list includes NB-IoT versions such as the Q400, EDMI WP20 and NB3D. ha-taggle can't receive these at all.

Encryption research notes (November 2026)

Central Coast Council NSW’s MyWater page says the meter data is “transmitted as an encrypted radio signal” — quoted from a search excerpt; page blocked automated access. This describes that program, not every Taggle installation.

Taggle’s Telemetry Devices page says the Parakeet “includes AES encryption”. For these encrypted deployments, expect IDs only (plus signal diagnostics) if ha-taggle can receive a supported frame; usage is unavailable. These statements do not establish channel or frame compatibility, so even ID reception is not guaranteed.

Tip

Find your meter first, then buy hardware. If your label says NB-IoT, save your money.

Further reading

• Taggle: case studies
• Taggle: products
• Taggle V200HT datasheet (PDF)
• Taggle SP3C datasheet (PDF)
• Reporting compatibility: add your council