Development of a Smart IoT-Based Water Management and Leakage Detection System

Leakage of water in pipeline networks is one of the major problems, causing significant water supply loss, high maintenance expenses and inefficient water use. It is very important to have the knowledge that there is a need to continue tracking the flowage of water and detection of leakages even after the construction of the dam. To monitor and detect fault in real-time, a smart water flow monitoring and pipeline leakage detection system is proposed using IoT technology in this paper. The proposed system is based on the water flow sensor to detect the water flow rate, rain sensor/moisture sensor to detect the leakage of water in the pipeline and a DHT11 sensor to measure the temperature and humidity level around the pipeline. Arduino Uno is a main controller that reads and analyzes the sensor data and a 16×2 LCD is used as a local display of the real-time system parameters. The collected data is transferred to the ESP8266 (node mcu) module through serial communication and the data is saved to the IoT cloud platform for remote data monitoring and analysis. The system constantly monitors flow rate, the leak status and environment and can detect abnormal circumstances. In case of any leakage or high-water flow or rise in temperature, there will be an audible alarm with buzzer and the water leak or high-water flow/temp will be displayed on the IoT dashboard. The experimental results indicate that the sensor can accurately measure under different operating conditions and have a high efficiency for leakage detection, and it can transmit wireless data efficiently. The proposed system can greatly reduce water consumption, manual inspection and inspection of the pipeline situation from anywhere. The proposed architecture integrates the components of IoT, real-time sensing, and alert systems to develop a scalable, cost-effective, and practical solution for smart water management and sustainable infrastructure monitoring.