Automatic Dam Water Level Monitoring System Using IOT
Abstract
At least 49,000 existing large dams are fragmenting nearly half of the world’s rivers. A dam has large capacity, and it is usually kept partially full. So, when it rains heavily or there is a big snow melt-off, a large amount of water can be captured in the dam and released slowly downstream. If the dam hadn’t been there, a huge amount of water could have rushed down the rivers and flooded downstream. Dams can stabilize the water levels of inland lakes and seas. When water increases to a dangerous level and is not monitored by the authorities, and then dam failure can cause potential catastrophic damage to life and property. However, this condition can be prevented if the authorities always know the current status of the water level. Therefore a technology needs to be developed to tackle this problem and making the system more organized. Therefore, designing of water level indicator is one of the technological advancement to transmit data and send it to authority for controlling. The systems also give an alert to authority to take immediate action if water level increases to dangerous level. The system can be applied at the river-banks, low-lying areas, dam and the village far from town and also can be used for industrial sector.
