Cloud-based Internet of things for Smart Water Consumption Monitoring System

The levels at which groundwater is depleting around the world is alarming and there is an impending necessity to be judicious with water usage. This led to the formulation of a consolidated architecture to monitor water consumption at the household level. Internet of Things (IoT) is combined with the Thingspeak Cloud Computing platform and Android Studio to facilitate an efficient dashboard for consumers. The proposed model aims at imbibing a sense of responsibility in the citizens as it helps keep a track of water usage periodically using visually appealing charts, lays down the monthly water utility costs as well as provides tips with all in the form of a compact android application in their phones that is needed to be proactive and conserve resources. This paper presents a tested prototype and the pipeline connecting the hardware and software components responsible for streamlining the process of data transfer from IoT to cloud and from cloud to the android application. An overview of the promising technologies and frameworks that have been orchestrated in the development of the system as well as results obtained are thus provided.