A Cost-Effective IoT Model for a Smart Sewerage Management System Using Sensors

• Main Authors: Jahid Hasan Rony, Nazmul Karim, MD. Abdur Rouf, Md. Monirul Islam, Jia Uddin, Momotaz Begum
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
• Series: J
• Subjects: sewerage monitoring system; internet of things (IoT); real-time monitoring; water level sensors
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8800/4/3/27

The sewerage system is a primary element of a city and is responsible for the congestion of both rain and gray water from homes and industries. It is essential to have a monitoring system and a plan to perform prior expansion in the sewerage management system, to avoid massive disruption. However, there is no monitoring system in several overpopulated cities in the world, and the expansion process faces myriad difficulties and takes much time. This paper presents a model for an intelligent sewerage management system that provides real-time monitoring without any major changes to the previous system, using water sensors, a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) module, and a micro-controller. The condition of the sewerage acts as an input through the sensors; then, the microcontroller stores the value in the cloud and performs waste collection depending on the current situation. Meanwhile, after processing, the information reaches the monitoring system. Various trial installations of the proposed system have shown that it enables real-time monitoring to observe live conditions and helps to prevent sewerage blockage caused by solid waste. Considering a deficient cost model, this system can intensify the performance of poorly managed sewerage systems.