Design Control and Monitoring System Of Water Distribution Networks

Abstract

Nowadays, water distribution network automation is becoming more and more popular day by day due to its numerous advantages, an internet based water distribution network system focuses on monitoring and controlling water distribution network instance. Water distribution network face wastage of water due to improper water supply management, non-monitoring in real time,this caused scarcity of water, scarcity of water consider mainly problem in cities. water distribution network automation systems face four main problems; high cost of ownership, inflexibility, poor manageability, and difficulty in achieving security. The main objectives of this study is to overcome this problems and design and implement a water distribution network monitoring and controlling system using Internet of Things (IoT) that can provides remote controlling and monitoring most of the network instance through an easy manageable web interface.The system consist of three nodes(main node, two branches node), communication between branches node and main node through xbee, all node to calculate consumption water quantity and bursts, leakage detection by using two sensors(pressure, flow) which connected to Arduino which connected to solenoid valve, this measured values send from branches nodes to main node, from main node to database then to webpage via Ethernet, by inverse from webpage can send frame to main node to controlling ON/OFF in specific solenoid valve, then Short Message Service(SMS) message special of water distribution network instance display on monitoring screen. The result of this study shows that the measured values received from all node stored in database and display on webpage ,also can easily controlling from webpage in solenoid valve, also this system is able to reduces water scarcity problems.