IoT and Cloud based water conservation and monitoring system

Water is a valuable commodity that is essential for the existence of all species on Earth, regardless of its use. According to a report published by India's NITI Aayog in 2018, 600 million people, or more than half of the country demographic, are experiencing acute water shortage. There have been many researches whose major focus has been on water conservation but none of them provides with the plan on how to utilize water in an effective manner and minimize water wastage. Water conservation and tracking system is a cost-effective and productive framework that utilizes Cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) innovation to detect usage of water and recommends the consumer on how to conserve water. The proposed system uses ultrasonic and water-level sensors to detect multiple metrics such as the vessel's water level as well as the individual ’s daily water consumption. These sensors are connected to the Node Microcontroller Unit (NodeMCU), which performs additional computations. The real time data collected is uploaded to the database. A self-designed web application is used to show the water usage, alerts in case of water wastage and the recommendations to users in order to help them planning better water utilization.