A Prototype for an Intelligent Water Management System for Household Use

Abstract

Water scarcity is becoming an issue of more significant concern with a major impact on global sustainability. For it, new measures and approaches are urgently needed. Digital technologies and tools can play an essential role in improving the effectiveness and efficiency of current water management approaches. Therefore, a solution is proposed and validated, given the limited presence of models or technological architectures in the literature to support intelligent water management systems for domestic use. It is based on a layered architecture, fully designed to meet the needs of households and to do so through the adoption of technologies such as the Internet of Things and cloud computing. By developing a prototype and using it as a use case for testing purposes, we have concluded the positive impact of using such a solution. Considering this is a first contribution to overcome the problem, some issues will be addressed in a future work, namely, data and device security and energy and traffic optimisation issues, among several others.

An Evaluation of the Efficiency of the Localize, Locate, and Pinpoint Strategy in Reducing Water Loss

“…This is important because even small water distribution line breaks can cost a lot, around $64,000 annually, as estimated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As claimed in the study of Mamede et al (2023), despite the United States (US) adopting advanced technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence for water leak detection and repair, there is still a need for other strategies to reduce water loss. In India, household water leakage contributes to 30-40% of water flow in the distribution network, posing risks to public health, finances, and natural resources.…”