Smart Water Distribution Using IoT

The water may be supplied either continuously for all the 24 hours of the day or maybe supplied only for peak periods during the morning and evening. In an intermittent supply system, water is generally stored by consumers in tanks, drums, utensils, etc. For non-supply periods. They throw this water even if unutilized as soon as the fresh supply is restored. This increases the wastage and losses considerably. In intermittent water supply, water quality becomes an issue because of biological, chemical contamination, backflow, etc. in the other hand continuous water supply is way better than intermittent water supply as water quality cannot be compromised. But continuous water supply is challenging to achieve. As continuous water supply is further affected by low tariffs and cost recovery, poor metering, and high rates of NRW. There are high chances in some cities that water will not be available in sufficient amounts. This paper explains how smart water distribution can achieve continuous water supply and equal distribution of water. This can be further useful for cost recovery using the IoT platform.