An IoT-Based Water Management
System for Smart Cities
Immanuel Savio Donbosco and Udit Kr. Chakraborty
Abstract Water conservation is one of the prime concerns in the current scenario
where environmental conditions are deteriorating at an alarming rate. Smart cities,
unlike the conventional system of living, are in the frontline of innovation in terms
of both connectivity and technological advancement. The main idea is to use the
available technology to make life easy with lesser harm to the environment. An
Internet of Things (IoT) and data analytics (DA) based water management system
will be a basic ground for implementation and future research on how data and IoT
can be used to make this happen. This paper proposes an Internet of Things (IoT)
and data analytics (DA) based water distribution cum management system that would
help in optimal distribution of water based on user consumption at the plot holding
level. The proposed system would not only save water misuse but also help in storing
usage data for analysis and town planning at a macro-level.
Keywords Water management · Data analytics · Internet of Things · Smart city
1 Introduction
Smart cities combine technology and innovation in day-to-day living. The idea behind
every smart city is that the application of IoT and intelligent techniques in regular
everyday activities can increase the ease of living and efficiently perform these activities with less effort [1]. In a smart city, the basic idea of IoT is implemented which
is “anything that can be automated will be automated”. One very important task in
a smart city or any city for that matter is water distribution and conservation. In
traditional cities and housing communities, water is distributed manually with the
use of traditional pipe and motor systems [2]. This being very inefficient in terms
I. S. Donbosco (B) · U. Kr. Chakraborty
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology,
Majitar, Sikkim, India
e-mail: immanuelsavio@gmail.com
U. Kr. Chakraborty
e-mail: udit.c@smit.smu.edu.in
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
C. Bhuiyan et al. (eds.), Water Security and Sustainability,
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 115,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9805-0_21
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System for Smart Cities
Immanuel Savio Donbosco and Udit Kr. Chakraborty
Abstract Water conservation is one of the prime concerns in the current scenario
where environmental conditions are deteriorating at an alarming rate. Smart cities,
unlike the conventional system of living, are in the frontline of innovation in terms
of both connectivity and technological advancement. The main idea is to use the
available technology to make life easy with lesser harm to the environment. An
Internet of Things (IoT) and data analytics (DA) based water management system
will be a basic ground for implementation and future research on how data and IoT
can be used to make this happen. This paper proposes an Internet of Things (IoT)
and data analytics (DA) based water distribution cum management system that would
help in optimal distribution of water based on user consumption at the plot holding
level. The proposed system would not only save water misuse but also help in storing
usage data for analysis and town planning at a macro-level.
Keywords Water management · Data analytics · Internet of Things · Smart city
1 Introduction
Smart cities combine technology and innovation in day-to-day living. The idea behind
every smart city is that the application of IoT and intelligent techniques in regular
everyday activities can increase the ease of living and efficiently perform these activities with less effort [1]. In a smart city, the basic idea of IoT is implemented which
is “anything that can be automated will be automated”. One very important task in
a smart city or any city for that matter is water distribution and conservation. In
traditional cities and housing communities, water is distributed manually with the
use of traditional pipe and motor systems [2]. This being very inefficient in terms
I. S. Donbosco (B) · U. Kr. Chakraborty
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology,
Majitar, Sikkim, India
e-mail: immanuelsavio@gmail.com
U. Kr. Chakraborty
e-mail: udit.c@smit.smu.edu.in
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
C. Bhuiyan et al. (eds.), Water Security and Sustainability,
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 115,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9805-0_21
247