Smart Water Flow Monitoring and Theft Detection System using IoT

• Published in: 2022 International Conference on Automation, Computing and Renewable Systems (ICACRS) pp. 239 - 245
• Main Authors: Samudrala, Varakumari, Reddy Yeruva, Ajay, Jayapal, N, Vijayakumar, T., Rajkumar, M., Razia, Shaik
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 13-12-2022
• Subjects: Arduino IoT cloud; Cloud computing; GSM; Internet of Things; IoT; Microcontrollers; NodeMCU; Sensor; Sensor systems; Substations; Valve; Valves; Water
• DOI: 10.1109/ICACRS55517.2022.10029129

Water is an essential and crucial resource in the world. Without water, there will not be any organisms, flora, and fauna on the planet. Water is most important for living organisms like humans, plants, and animals. Earth is covered by 71% of water bodies and 29% is covered by land. The human body is made up of nearly 70% of water. There is no life when there is no water. So, people should not waste water and use it accordingly. For domestic use, people store the water in their home tank which flows from the corporate tank or in a bore well. Either of the two there will be a water flow when the home tank is filled which leads to water wastage and there will also be a wastage of water when there is a leakage of water or theft of water during the flow of water to the home tank. To control and avoid the overflow of water, a smart water flow monitoring system and theft detection are implemented by using the Internet of Things (IoT). Sensors, NodeMCU, Solenoid valve, and Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) are used to implement this system. When there is a flow above the threshold value and leakage or theft, the cloud will send the alert message to the user.