Water Quality Monitoring System Using IoT and Cloud
Water Quality Monitoring System Using IoT and Cloud
Lachapathi Naresh
Usham Shashank Reddy K Tejaswini
Department of InformationTechnology
Department of InformationTechnology Department of InformationTechnology
M LR Institute of Technology
M LR Institute of Technology M LR Institute of Technology
Hyderabad, India.
Hyderabad, India Hyderabad, India
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The system [2] employed an Arduino as its central controller, parameters, including pH, soil moisture, and temperature.
together with pH, turbidity, temperature, and flow sensors, to The controller Arduino-Uno then accesses the data that has
determine the water parameters, which were then presented been retrieved from these sensors and transfers it to
on an LCD panel using a BLYNK app. Future scopes will be NodeMCU before being sent to the created web browser. The
able to identify more parameters for the most secure use. Two water sample under examination is either "Drinkable" or "Not
sensors, such as pH and TDS sensors, were employed in the Drinkable." The author has talked about how the project will
methodology [3].For water authorities to access the be expanded in the future by adding more sensors, but the
prediction with the date and time and have good knowledge main disadvantage is that it will have less accuracy. The
and understanding of the water quality being used by proposed system [17] uses a variety of sensors, including pH,
residents, the parameters of value are calculated and sent to turbidity, conductivity, CO2, humidity, and temperature as
the raspberry pi3, where the machine learning code (k-means) the parameters to calculate the water quality. It is low-
is embedded for predicting the water quality. The system [5] powered and extremely effective, enabling continuous
uses several sensors to check the water quality in addition to monitoring and sending alerts to the appropriate authorities
a Raspberry Pi as its core controller. On the Raspberry Pi, for follow-up action. The author's developed model is praised
Raspbian OS is used to handle a variety of devices, such as for being affordable and user-friendly. Three water samples
sensor networks. To track the state of the water, various were examined by the author for the output, and the water
Raspberry Pi sensors are connected. The data from various was categorized as either drinkable or not depending on the
sensors will be accessible by the Raspberry Pi, which will results. On the LCD panel, the parameters were shown. The
then process the data. A unique IP address can be used to recommendation for the future is to use cutting-edge sensors
access the sensor data in the cloud. For accessing the data on for detecting many other quality criteria, wireless can be
a mobile device, the IOT module also offers Wi-Fi .pH, made safe by quick action.
Conductivity, Temperature, and Turbidity sensors have been
employed by the author [10] to continually calculate the The limitations to the existing system are as follows:
parameters to gauge the quality of water. This structure
makes use of a wifi module to transport data from the Limited coverage: The IOT sensors used for water quality
microcontroller to the smartphone once it has been collected monitoring may be limited in their coverage area, which
by sensors. Investigate the removed estimation of these means they may not be able to monitor water quality
borders using the suitable machine learning approach and across a wide geographical area or in remote locations
conductivity in water.The suggested method [11] describes where access to the internet or network connectivity is
an IoT-based Smart Water Quality Monitoring (SWQM) limited.
system that makes use of a reconfigurable sensor interface Sensor accuracy and reliability: The accuracy and
device. To monitor real-time water quality metrics like reliability of IOT sensors used for water quality
turbidity, pH, humidity, water level, water temperature, and monitoring can vary, and may not always provide precise
carbon dioxide (CO2) on the surface of the water, this system and consistent data. Calibration and maintenance of
combines sensors, an FPGA board, and a Zigbee-based sensors may also be challenging, leading to potential
wireless communication module. By offering a practical and inaccuracies in the measurements.
affordable method of monitoring water quality, the SWQM Human factors: Human error, biases, and subjectivity
system hopes to aid in the preservation and conservation of can also impact water quality monitoring systems.
water bodies. This technology can help in managing the Proper training, expertise, and standard operating
environmental and ecological balance of water resources by procedures are essential to minimize human-related
cutting down on the expense and time involved in water limitations.
quality assessment. The recommended technique suggests Cost and resource requirements: Implementing and
enlarging the SWQM system's coverage area by adding more maintaining water quality monitoring systems can
nodes to a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). As a result, the involve significant costs, including sensor procurement,
system's monitoring capabilities would be strengthened, installation, operation, and data management. Resource
enabling greater coverage and better water resource constraints, including funding, expertise, and
management. The author [12] used a microcontroller and infrastructure, may limit the capability of the system or
simple sensors to send continuous, real-time data to the cloud the frequency of monitoring
and measure the pH, turbidity, water level, temperature, and
humidity of the atmosphere. Additionally, the transmitted
data is examined on the ThinkSpeak open IOT platform. The
task of analyzing additional characteristics, such as nitrates, III PROPOSED METHODOLOGY
electrical conductivity, dissolved oxygen in the water, and
free residual chlorine, should be expanded in the future. To The proposed system for water quality monitoring is
measure the water quality using a NodeMCU, the author comprised of various sensors, including Gas, Turbidity,
[16] has presented an IOT-based system that uses three Temperature, and Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), along with
an Arduino Mega 250 microcontroller and an Adafruit IoT
platform for cloud access. To ensure accurate readings, the
sensors must first be calibrated with distilled or deionized
water. Once calibrated, the sensors are placed in the water
being monitored and continuously measure the water quality
parameters. These readings are processed by the Arduino
Mega 250 to determine if the values fall within the standard 3.2 TDS sensor
limits preloaded onto the microcontroller. The system is
designed to constantly monitor the water quality parameters, The concentration of dissolved solids in a liquid is measured
and any readings that exceed the permissible limits will electrically using a Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) sensor. This
trigger a GSM module to send an alert message to the relevant kind of sensor is very helpful in applications that monitor the
authorities. Additionally, the system displays real-time data level of dissolved solids in drinking water, wastewater, and
on a dashboard, providing a useful tool for regular monitoring industrial process water. TDS sensors measure a solution's
of water quality. The measured parameters are also stored in electrical conductivity, which is inversely proportional to the
a database for further analysis and evaluation. In summary, number of dissolved solids present in the solution. High TDS
this proposed system for monitoring the quality of water that concentrations can impact the taste and odor of water and can
integrates various sensors, an Arduino Mega 250 be a sign of water pollution or contamination. TDS levels can
microcontroller, and an Adafruit IOT platform to accurately affect the efficiency of water treatment procedures like
measure and monitor water quality parameters. The system reverse osmosis and distillation in addition to being a gauge
alerts authorities if readings exceed permissible limits, and of water quality. Water treatment facilities can monitor TDS
real-time data is displayed on a dashboard for easy levels to make sure their procedures are efficient and
monitoring. Overall, this system provides a cost-effective and generating safe, high-quality water.
efficient solution for monitoring the quality of water.
3.3 Turbidity sensor
Through our website, the authorize d user can view the values.
If the values exceed the limitations, it also aids in the analysis
and the execution of essential actions. Additionally, it allows
the end user to download CSV files with real-time values.
The web application is illustrated in the figures below.
ACKNOWLEDGEM ENT
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