Dr. H20 - Potable Water Monitoring and Management System

Authors(5) :-M. S. Ashraj, A. M. B. M Bisham, D. S. P. N. M De Silva, M.M.H.N Manthilaka, S. G. S Fernando

Currently, many organizations of various complexities use water dispensers to provide drinking water for the employees and other stakeholders who visit their premises. The monitoring and managing of such water dispensers is currently performed with much human interference. Moreover, individuals living in a fast moving world are negligent and are not motivated to drink the required level of water recommended by medical practitioners. In order to find solutions for the above problems, a Potable Water Monitoring and Management System was developed. This system uses an Arduino Mega 2560 micro controller together with 2 load cell sensors as the major components to extract the necessary information regarding water level of water cans and employee water bottles. Barcode reader was used to extract employee details from the barcodes embedded in the employee water bottles. According to the facts collected through the literature review, it was found that there were no current systems that detect the water level of water dispensers using load cells. Moreover, there were no efficient methods to track the daily water intake of employees in an organization as well. The purpose of this Potable Water Monitoring and Management System is to provide an easy and efficient methodology to maintain the water dispensers using minimum human interference and to regulate and notify employees about their daily water intake levels. This system also enables the storage and management of details of employees and water can suppliers.

Authors and Affiliations

M. S. Ashraj
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Colombo, Sri Lanka
A. M. B. M Bisham
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Colombo, Sri Lanka
D. S. P. N. M De Silva
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Colombo, Sri Lanka
M.M.H.N Manthilaka
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Colombo, Sri Lanka
S. G. S Fernando
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Arduino, Water Dispenser, Load Cell, SMS Notification, Barcode Reader

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 5 | Issue 5 | September-October 2019
Date of Publication : 2019-10-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 74-84
Manuscript Number : CSEIT195513
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2456-3307

Cite This Article :

M. S. Ashraj, A. M. B. M Bisham, D. S. P. N. M De Silva, M.M.H.N Manthilaka, S. G. S Fernando, "Dr. H20 - Potable Water Monitoring and Management System", International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology (IJSRCSEIT), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 5, Issue 5, pp.74-84, September-October-2019. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/CSEIT195513
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