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IOT BASED WATER QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM USING RC BOAT

Gayatri Gunjal*1, Renu Guraddi*2, Sonal More*3
*1,2,3Department Of Electronics And Telecommunication, Maratha Vidya Prasarak Samaj’s
Karmaveer Baburao Ganpatrao Thakare College Of Engineering, Nashik, India.
ABSTRACT
Clean drinking water is a critical resource, important for the health and well-being of all humans. Safe water is a
precondition for health and development and a basic human right. So it’s very important to monitor the quality
of water available in reservoir. For this purpose, we proposed an “Water quality monitoring system using RC
boat”. This wireless remote control driven boat has sensors to measure water turbidity, pH, conductivity and
temperature. Project contents a boat with sensors and a remote controlled. User can drive the boat using
remote and boat will collect all readings after specific interval. All the readings measured by sensors will be
send to remote and can be seen on LCD display attached to remote. Also same readings will be uploaded to
Thing Speak webpage using the Wi-Fi module on remote. Boat will be driven by 2 DC motors attached to back
side and controlled with the help of switches on remote. Both remote and boat are powered through 2 different
batteries.
Keywords: Quality Monitoring, Sensors, Water Parameters, RF Modulator.
I. INTRODUCTION
Water quality is affected by both point and nonpoint sources of pollution, which include sewage discharge,
discharge from industries, run-off from agricultural fields and urban run-off. Other sources of water
contamination include floods and droughts and due to lack of awareness and education among users. The need
for user involvement in maintaining water quality and looking at other aspects like hygiene, environment
sanitation, storage and disposal are critical elements to maintain the quality of water resources. Poor water
quality spreads disease, causes death and hampers socio-economic progress. Fertilizers and pesticides used by
farmers can be washed through the soil by rain, to end up in rivers. Industrial waste products are also washed
into rivers and lakes. Such contaminants enter the food chain and accumulate until they reach toxic levels,
eventually killing birds, fish and mammals. Chemical factories also dispose of waste in the water. Factories use
water from rivers to power machinery or to cool down machinery. Raising the temperature of the water lowers
the level of dissolved oxygen and upsets the balance of life in the water. All the above factors make water
quality monitoring essential.

II. METHODOLOGY
In “Iot Based Water quality monitoring system using RC boat”. This wireless remote control driven boat has
sensors to measure water turbidity, pH, conductivity and temperature. System is divided into 2 parts, the 1st
part is boat with sensors and wireless Wi-Fi camera and 2nd part is remote with LCD, Wi-Fi module and an
android mobile. Both are connected together using wireless RF modules. All the readings measured by sensors
will be send to remote and can be seen on LCD display attached to remote. Also same readings will be uploaded

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to Thing Speak webpage using the Wi-Fi module. Boat can be driven by 2 DC motors attached to back side and
controlled with the help of switches on remote. Both remote and boat are powered through 2 different
batteries.

III. MODELING AND ANALYSIS

COMPONENTS SPECIFICATION
Measuring Range: 0 to 14.00 pH
PH Sensor
Maximum Flow Rate: 10 feet (3 meters) per second
Operating Voltage: 5V DC
Turbidity Sensor
Operating Current: 40mA (MAX)
Input voltage: 5 VCC at one rod
Conductivity Sensor
Voltage will be measured at 2nd rod
Temperature range: -55 to 125°C
Temperature Sensor
Usable with 3.0V to 5.5V power/data
28 pins IC with 20 GPIO pins
ATmega328
Inbuilt 10bits 6 channel ADC
IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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V. CONCLUSION
Monitoring of Turbidity, pH, EC & temperature of water gives users knowledge about the quality of water in the
reservoir. The system can monitor water quality automatically. So the water quality testing is likely to be more
economical, convenient and fast, since we can monitor any time through IOT webpage. The system provides
good flexibility.
VI. REFERENCES
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