Intelligent water flow monitoring system based on internet of things for residential pipeline

Abstract

Providing sustainable water supply is a huge challenge for Malaysia whereby the residential areas are still equipped with the conventional water meter with lack of monitoring options. In order to detect the locations of internal leakage, the process requires costly plumber service while manual comparison may be inaccurate and time-consuming. Therefore, digitalization transformation aligned with the industrial revolution IR 5.0 is crucial especially with the recent occurrences of high water bills reports during the movement control order (MCO). The objectives of this project is to develop an intelligent water flow monitoring system using Arduino as a microcontroller and to construct a system that can monitor the water usage behaviour at any distant with internet of thing (IoT). It can be installed anywhere in a pipeline whereby the water flow sensor measures the real-time water parameters. The data transferred to the cloud are sent to the homeowner to display the accuracy and availability of their water system via Blynk, a mobile-compatible and user-friendly application that generates clear data visualization. The key goal of this project is to provide a wireless, mobile, economical and systematic solution for residents to self-monitor their water consumption as compared to the conventional manual monitoring.