Environmental control system based on mobile devices

The impact of the use of mobile devices by means of GPRS (general packet radio service) technology to access environmental information in real time, provided by sensors strategically placed in a metropolitan area has been studied with the objective of using this information to find out rainfall volume and phreatic levels in times of emergency. This allows the technical services to make the correct decisions in the management of a large network of pump stations, flood gates, etc. It is demonstrated that this is a reliable system with an acceptable response time. The system being tested is integrated into a powerful supervision and control system that works in the purification network of the city of Valencia. It has been developed jointly by the "Ciclo Integral del Agua" and the Technical University of Valencia