found this site,
http://hawthorn.csse.monash.edu.au/~njh/electronics/watersensor/
and just wondered...has anyone 
a.seen it?
b.made simpler version?
c.how easy/not! would it be with a newer PIC
i.e. the 12F675 (use the PIC to generate the 
pulses for the capacitive sensor,lose the time-clock)
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