Abstract
The objective of this work is to explore the implementation of a low-cost real-time monitoring and control of water consumption together with a user feedback interface. Water usage information will be available in a cloud storage and can be accessed through a mobile application. The collected data allows access and supervision of both client- and water concessionaire. Project feasibility is analyzed in terms of hardware and software, as well as each element required for the design. The simulations were carried out with the purpose of verifying system operation, considering the following metrics: transmission rate, signal strength and transmission quality. After the simulations, the hardware and software were integrated, and the final result was presented through a mobile application. This work presents and applies a design and development methodology of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) using Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and Smart City in water-distribution systems.
Highlights
The water supply in Brazil is a recurring and worrying theme in the dry season and during the whole year in certain regions
This paper proposes the new Internet of Things (IoT) solution for domestic water-consumption monitoring with the use of the Zigbee technology
The result was zero packet loss; the signal strength was -27 dBm, which corresponds to approximately 2 μW, knowing that the receiver sensitivity is up to -96 dBm (0.25 pW) (DIGI, 2019), the minimum value for transmission to occur
Summary
The water supply in Brazil is a recurring and worrying theme in the dry season and during the whole year in certain regions. According to the SNIS (2019), in 2016 the state of Minas Gerais lost 34.47% of revenue due to water loss, leaks, robberies, clandestine connections and measurement errors. The northern area of Minas Gerais, in the city of Montes Claros, Brazil, was forced to endure several periods of shortage, some of them interrupting water distribution for two days (COPASA, 2019), causing several hardships to city residents. According to a United Nations report (UNESCO, 2015) and Christofidis (2003), if current water supply and distribution conditions are maintained, 70% of the planet's inhabitants will face deficiencies in water supply, and a quarter of the population suffer chronic shortages of drinking water
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