Some water pumps (like my Stewart Stage 1) have three ports. I use two for the heater, and one for water pump suction to my expansion tank.
If you are not running this type of setup, you should be able to repurpose the suction connection to a sensor.
I know there are a lot of "ifs" in my suggestion (right waterpump, cooling system connection)...
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