Published September 26, 2022

Realtime Reservoir Monitoring

An IoT based system which can monitor water levels and several other parameters of dams and canal systems.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Seeed Studio Wio Terminal

Seeed Studio Grove - Ultrasonic Ranger

Software apps and online services

Microsoft Azure

Arduino IDE

Story

Motivation

Most of the dams and canal systems are not monitored and automated in Kerala. It is essential to gauge the impact of any natural event and generate data related to the dam's performance in a real-world situation. As per the details provide by the irrigation department of Peechi, one of the major issue they face is inefficient canal systems where manual monitoring of water levels are carried out. With increased water scarcity and shifting weather conditions the water usage should be strictly monitored. This will help to create water prediction models and can wisely plan and automate the distribution of water in the canal system.

The device is an IoT based system which monitor water levels and several other parameters of dams and canal systems. The canal water level data will be used to analyze the water requirements in different sectors. Nowadays canal systems are mainly used for agriculture and drinking water purpose. The volume of water taken from the dam is known but the volume supplied to different sectors is unknown. Our solution provide better insights of water used and can be used for predicting future water requirements in different sectors.

Solution

The solutions consist of different phases. The first phase consist of a simple water level monitor using ultrasound sensor and wio terminal. The wio terminal provides accurate water level every 15 minutes. The second phase consist of transmitting the water level values to the azure portal which can be used to provide the real time water level to the authorities. The third phase consist of analysis and a ML algorithm to predict the reservoir water inflow based on weather parameters and current water levels. Based on this water outflow and rise in river water levels will be predicted and these predictions will be used to warn people in the river banks.

Ultrasonic code for wio terminal

#include "Ultrasonic.h" //include ultrasonic distance sensor library 
#include "TFT_eSPI.h" //include TFT LCD library 

TFT_eSPI tft; //initialize TFT LCD 

TFT_eSprite spr = TFT_eSprite(&tft); //initialize buffer
 
Ultrasonic ultrasonic(D0); //set ultrasonic distance sensor pin as D0

void setup()
{
  tft.begin(); //start TFT LCD
  tft.setRotation(3); //set screen rotation
  spr.createSprite(TFT_HEIGHT,TFT_WIDTH); //create buffer
  
}
void loop()
{
    spr.fillSprite(TFT_BLACK); //fill background 
    spr.setTextSize(2); //set text size 
    spr.setTextColor(TFT_YELLOW); //set text color 
    
    spr.drawString("Current Water Level", 55, 10); //draw text string 
    spr.drawFastHLine(40, 35, 240, TFT_DARKGREY); //draw horizontal line 
    
    spr.setTextColor(TFT_WHITE); 
    spr.drawString("- Centimeters: ", 20, 50);
    spr.drawString("- Inches: ", 20, 80);
    int water_level=0;
    water_level=350-ultrasonic.MeasureInCentimeters();
    spr.drawNumber(water_level, 200,50); //display distance in centimeters
    delay(50);
    spr.drawNumber(ultrasonic.MeasureInInches(), 130,80); //display distance in inches 
    
    spr.pushSprite(0,0); //push to LCD 
    delay(500);
}

Credits

sebin

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Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Cell Nodal Officer

Realtime Reservoir Monitoring

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Story

Motivation

Solution

Code

Ultrasonic code for wio terminal

Credits

sebin

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Realtime Reservoir Monitoring

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Story

Motivation

Solution

Code

Ultrasonic code for wio terminal

Credits

sebin

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