Sustainable and Resilient Smart Water Grids: A Solution for Developing Countries

  • Muhammad Jawwad National Center for Big Data & Cloud Computing, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Khurram Shehzad Khattak National Center for Big Data & Cloud Computing, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Zawar H. Khan University of Victoria, Canada
  • T. Aron Gulliver University of Victoria, Canada
  • Akhtar Nawaz Khan National Center for Big Data & Cloud Computing, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Mushtaq A. Khan University of Engineering and Technology Mardan, Pakistan
Keywords: Smart water grid, Internet of Things (IoT), tube well, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Abstract

According to a United Nations report, the world population will increase from 7 billion to 9 billion by 2050. Further, the water stress level is more than 70% in 22 countries while in another 31 countries it is between 25% and 70%. More than 2 billion people live in these 53 countries which are all underdeveloped. Water use has increased by 1% per year since the 1980s, so global demand is expected to rise by 30% by 2050. Thus, efficient water grid management is imperative to ensure there is sufficient water for the future. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can be used to create smart water grids to optimize water distribution, reduce waste and leakage, and resolve quality and overuse issues. In this work, a low cost, real-time, reliable and sustainable IoT based solution called SmartTubewell is proposed for smart water grid management. It is composed of two components, a sensor node installed at tube wells and an application layer on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for data analysis, storage and processing. The sensor node is based on a Raspberry Pi with integrated current and voltage sensors and a local database. The sensor data is transmitted to AWS using a cellular (GPRS) network. A comparison between the proposed system and SCADA is presented which shows that SmartTubewell has a much lower cost. A field test with multiple tube wells in Peshawar, Pakistan indicates that this is a suitable solution for developing countries.

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Published
2021-06-16
How to Cite
Jawwad, M., Khattak, K. S., H. Khan, Z., Gulliver, T. A., Khan, A. N., & Khan, M. A. (2021). Sustainable and Resilient Smart Water Grids: A Solution for Developing Countries. EMITTER International Journal of Engineering Technology, 9(1), 204-219. https://doi.org/10.24003/emitter.v9i1.595
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