Smart Well Monitoring System

Abstract

Water is a basic need for human survival. In India, more than 60 % of population lives in villages. Wells and bore-wells are the important sources of water for the farmers and the villagers. However, the quality of water available in wells and bore wells to the villagers has deteriorated, due to the vast increase in global industrial output, pollution and the over-use of land resources. The high usage of chemical fertilizers in farms have also contributed largely to the overall deterioration of water quality in villages. Therefore, there must be system developed to test the quality and quantity of water and guide the villagers about the utilization of the water available to them. The availability of good quality water and the knowledge about its utilization is important in preventing the wastage of water, outbreaks of water-borne diseases as well as improving agriculture. The wells and the bore wells in villages requires a frequent data collecting network for the water quantity and quality monitoring and IoT can improve the existing measurement and also an user-friendly android application providing the information to the villagers and farmers about the well water in their area will be a boon. Today, Internet of Things (IoT) and sensing techniques are used in different area of research for monitoring, collecting and analysis data. This paper presents a smart well water quality and quantity monitoring system based on IoT, Cloud computing and android application.