Abstract
As the human population growth and industry pressure in most developing countries continue to increase, effective water quality monitoring and evaluation has become critical for water resources management programs. This paper presents the ubiquitous mobile sensing system for water quality data collection and monitoring applications in developing countries. The system was designed based on the analysis of the existing solution. Open source hardware and software was used to develop the prototype of the system. Field testing of the system conducted in Nkokonjero, Uganda and Mwanza, Tanzania verified the functionalities of the system and its practical application in actual environment. Results show that proposed solution is able to collect and present data in a mobile environment.
Highlights
The rapid development of society, economy and an increasing number of human activities in most developing countries speed-up contamination and damage to the water resources
The proposed design for the Ubiquitous mobile Water quality Reporting system (u-WQR) for on-site sensing and reporting water quality data is presented. This system was developed as one component of the water governance system (WaGoSy) [10] designed to address water governance challenges around Lake Victoria Basin
U-WQR system consists of four main components: 1) Ubiquitous Sensing Device (USD) which consists of Arduino microcontroller and sensor unit, 2) Communication module which connect the sensing device and the Android mobile phone, 3) The mobile application developed using the Android platform and 4) The WaGoSy web server
Summary
The rapid development of society, economy and an increasing number of human activities in most developing countries speed-up contamination and damage to the water resources. How to cite this paper: Faustine, A. and Mvuma, A.N. The use of ubiquitous sensor technologies and mobile data applications can improve the efficiency and accuracy of data reporting in the water sectors. This works extends the use of ubiquitous mobile sensing technologies by designing and developing mobile data capture and reporting applications that leverage external sensing devices in water resource management. It further discuses the role of this application in water quality management in rural and under-resourced areas in developing countries
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