Water usage Control and Management Based on IoT

Abstract

Water is the most important factor that contributes to the survival as well as the wellbeing of mankind. Keeping in mind the current scenario, a lot of water is used by household even in places where less water can work. This in turn leads to shortage of water making water cut necessary. The water bill that every owner receives is a constant one included in Maintenance Bill. Our idea is to detect the usage of water by individual flats and bill them accordingly using IOT sensors. Also, the owner will be kept updated in real time about their water usage via an android app. Thus, they can track their usage and avoid wastage of water to reduce their bill. Another advantage of the real time water usage tracking would be that if in case some tap is left open by mistake for a longer time than usual the sensor would sense a continuous water flow and send an alert to the mobile application. This would avoid unnecessary wastage of water. It will also provide an internet-enabled locking mechanism in the main source pipe which can be turned ON/OFF remotely from the android app. Thus, in scenarios where water tap is left open by mistakenly while leaving the house, an excess continuous water flow would trigger an alert in the app thus making the owner aware of the situation and he/she can turn the source pipe off from the mobile application. Also, the water quality information would be updated in app so as to ensure better health of the residents.