Intelligent Flood Sensing and Alerting system for rural area using Wireless Sensor Network

Project Title

Intelligent Flood Sensing and Alerting system for rural area using Wireless Sensor Network

Project Area of Specialization Electrical/Electronic EngineeringProject Summary

A flood alert system using WSN has been proposed. The distributed sensor nodes use low rate wireless personal area network to collect water level data from the river, rainfall data, wind speed data and air pressure data from the selected site. The sensors’ information is sent to the distributed alert center via Arduino microcontroller and the XBee Transceivers. At the distributed alert center, XBee Transceiver and a Raspberry Pi microprocessor are used to generate flood alert based on sensors’ information. The proposed system is capable of generating real time alerts for rural areas to save precious human lives.

Project Objectives

1. Monitor rainfall by using rainfall sensor
2. Monitor Water level in rivers/dams using water level sensor
3. To monitor and  analyze weather conditions.
4. To generate alert and warning in case of emergency.

Project Implementation Method

All the variables or parameters that required will give to zigbee module from sensors. The sensors that are located at site will give information through wires connection then zigbee module will receive all information from sensors and will transmitt/send it to raspberry pi that is installed in the pannel that is located at safe site through wireless communication. after all information raspberry pi will analyze the parameters and will generate awareness message if the situation is going out of control and concern authorities will take possible action.

Benefits of the Project

1. Flood warning is the provision of advance warning of conditions that are likely to cause flooding to property and a potential risk to life.
2. The main purpose of flood warning is to save life by allowing people, support and emergency services time to prepare for flooding.
3. The secondary purpose is to reduce the effects and damage of flooding.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

Water level measurement sensor measures and indicates the water level of the river. By this analysis, it can be found out that whether the water level is below or above the safety level. Safety level differs from river to river. When the water level crosses the safety line, this sensor sends that data to the Arduino. Rainfall measurement sensors monitor the rainfall and gives the result how much it rains. From this we can be assured whether the rainfall is in safety limit or not. As our rivers get more water due to heavy rainfall, the chances of increasing the level of water is more.

Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemCore Industry TelecommunicationOther IndustriesCore Technology OthersOther Technologies Internet of Things (IoT)Sustainable Development Goals Sustainable Cities and Communities, Climate ActionRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	65300
XBee wireless transceiver	Equipment	3	6600	19800
Raspberry Pi 832-6274	Equipment	1	11000	11000
Water Level Measurement Sensor	Equipment	2	1400	2800
Sensor Rainfall Measurement	Equipment	2	300	600
Wind Direction sensor	Equipment	2	6000	12000
Barometer BMP180	Equipment	2	300	600
Prototype	Equipment	1	10000	10000
Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous	1	5000	5000
Aurdino unoR3	Equipment	2	1750	3500