a first sensor assembly, said first sensor assembly being operably coupled to a first location on the water meter, said first sensor assembly having a housing, said housing comprised of a plurality of walls forming an interior volume, said first sensor assembly having disposed in said interior volume a controller, said controller having necessary electronics to store, receive, transmit and manipulate data, said first sensor assembly further having a magnetometer, said magnetometer operable to detect a magnetic field being generated by the water meter at said first location, said magnetometer operably coupled to said controller and configured to transmit data on the magnetic field thereto, said first sensor assembly being communicably coupled to a remote computing device, said first sensor assembly having a power supply, said power supply being disposed within said housing;

a second sensor assembly, said second sensor assembly being releasably secured to the water meter at a second location thereon, said second sensor assembly having a magnetometer, said magnetometer of said second sensor assembly configured to detect and measure a magnetic field from the second location of the water meter, said second sensor assembly operably coupled to said first sensor assembly; and

wherein said second sensor assembly is configured to transmit magnetic field data to said first sensor assembly wherein the first sensor assembly provides transmission of the magnetic field data of the second sensor assembly to the remote computing device.