MAHARASHTRA STATE BOARD OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

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PROJECT PROPOSAL
Academic year: 2019-20

TITLE OF THE PROJECT

Automatic water level monitor system using

Arduino.

Program: Instrumentation Engineering

Program code: IS5I
Course: Capstone Project Planning
Course code: 22058

Submitted by: Vikas Pandey

Roll No: 12
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 INDEX

Academic year: 2019-20 Name of the faculty: Bindu Ramesh

Program code: IS5I Course & Course code:Capstone Project Planning (22058)

Roll No. : 12 Enrollment No. 1700040063

Semester: V Name of the Candidate: Vikas Pandey

SR. PAGE
CONTENT
NO. NO.
1 Rationale 3

2 Introduction 4

3 Literature Survey 5-6

4 Problem Definition 7

5 Proposed Methodology 8

6 Resources and Consumables Required 8

7 Action Plan 9

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 1. Rationale .

Water is a very necessary and important factor in agricultural and farm production and is a key of
our quality of life as well. Monitoring water level of a water source, such as dams, water tank or
bore-well etc., plays a key role in agricultural management and development. Ifa water level drops
below the threshold level for pumping in a water body, the pump motor may get damaged due to
dry running. In such case monitoring water level becomes necessary task. Water engineers and so
many other disciplines that study water, rainfall and so many other things related to water
resources especially rivers, seas, lakes are faced with the challenge of acquiring quality and
accurate data which is one of the motivations of this research. This work aimed at development
of a low cost automatic water level monitoring system (WLMS). The major components used for
the development of the WLMS were Arduino board, ultrasonic sensor, Xbee transceiver and
personal computer. The automatic water level monitoring system was realized using an Ultrasonic
sensor attached to an Arduino Uno to process the analog signal coming from the sensor into a
useable digital value of distance. The level of the water was determined by the sensor’s height with
respect to the river bed minus the sensed distance between the sensor and the surface of the river.
Changes in the water level will be displayed on a personal computer. The developed system was
effective. With the Arduino River level recorder developed, water level data can be easily
accessed from rivers, lakes and oceans.

Key Words: Automation, Development, Monitoring-system, Water-level

2. Introduction

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Fluctuations in the level of some water resources like lakes, rivers and oceans are very important
document whether they result from floods, droughts, or another normal water year. The properties
of lake and river shores are often seriously affected by fluctuations in the level of the lakes or
rivers such as flooding damage, drought-related access problems, and aesthetics. Having in
mind the history of lake or river levels can help people living around the shores and others who
use the lake or river to accept and cope with the natural changes in the level of the river primarily
because of changes in precipitation (rain and Snow), or human activities such as construction,
operation of a dam, or from beaver activities (Department of Natural Resources. 2011; Heidi
2013). Historical data from lake level fluctuations are very important in the development of
computer simulations of lake fluctuations; they are also used in estimating flood levels. The flood
levels are very vital in the establishment of a low-floor elevation for construction. The historical
river or lake level data can be used by watershed managers and planners to prepare local water
management plans and to model water quality characteristics on lakes and rivers(Department of
Natural Resources. 2011; Zhang & Hu (2009).

3. Literature Survey

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 The level of some water resources like lakes, rivers and oceans are very important
document whether they result from floods, droughts, or another normal water year. The
properties of lake and river shores are often seriously affected by fluctuations in the level
of the lakes or rivers such as flooding damage, drought-related access problems,
and aesthetics. Having in mind the history of lake or river levels can help people living
around the shores and others who use the lake or river to accept and cope with the natural
changes in the level of the river primarily because of changes in precipitation (rain and
Snow), or human activities such as construction, operation of a dam, or from beaver
activities (Department of Natural Resources. 2011; Heidi 2013). Historical data from lake
level fluctuations are very important in the development of computer simulations of lake
fluctuations; they are also used in estimating flood levels. The flood levels are very vital in
the establishment of a low-floor elevation for construction. The historical river or lake level
data can be used by watershed managers and planners to prepare local water management
plans and to model water quality characteristics on lakes and rivers(Department of
Natural Resources.

Fig(3.1)

Arduino Nano : Arduino Nano is a small, compatible, flexible and breadboard friendly
Microcontroller board, developed by Arduino.cc in Italy, based on ATmega328p ( Arduino

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 Nano V3.x) / Atmega168 ( Arduino Nano V3.x).It comes with exactly the same functionality
as in Arduino UNO but quite in small size.It comes with an operating voltage of 5V, however,
the input voltage can vary from 7 to 12V.

Fig(3.2)

LCD Display : LCD modules are very commonly used in most embedded projects, the reason
being its cheap price, availability and programmer friendly. There are a lot of combinations
available like, 8×1, 8×2, 10×2, 16×1, etc. but the most used one is the 16×2 LCD. 16×2 LCD is
named so because; it has 16 Columns and 2 Rows. It will have (16×2=32) 32 characters in total
and each character will be made of 5×8 Pixel Dots. Each character has (5×8=40) 40 Pixels and for
32 screen. When the water in the storage system reaches the topmost sensor, the motor interfaced
with an Arduino board is turned

Fig(3.3)

4. Problem Definition

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  In this system we are using Arduino to interface ultra sonic
sensor, LCD.
 When the tank is empty water starts filing.
 When the percentage of water filled is 100 % then the pump gets
off
 The system is used to prevent the overflow of water.
 This system is time consuming due to slow speed water pump.
 This system can be used for domestic as well as industrial
purpose.
 This system causes human error, gross error, etc.

5. Proposed Methodology

 Collected information regarding Automatic water monitor system.

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  List down the components required for executing
 Will be assembling the components for mounting it together
 Actual setup of the project will be done after mounting
 Will be testing that output is up to mark as desired .

6. Resources and Consumables Required

Resources Required:

Sr. Name of the Resource/Material Specifications Qty.

No

1 Arduino Nano Atmega 328/168 1

2 Water pump - 1
3 LCD Display 16x2 LCD display 1
4 Jumper wire - 1
5 6 VDC Relay - 1
6 DIY cardboard case - 1
7 Header pins - 1
8 Resistors 10k ,1k ohm 1
9 Potentiometer 10k 1
10 ¼ tube - 1

Consumables Required: Solder gun, Resistor, Capacitor, Diode

7. Action Plan

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 Planned Planned Name of
Sr. Start date Finish Responsible
Week Activity to be performed
no. date Team
Members

1 1st Finalization of Project team and 1/7/19 8/7/19 Vikas

allocation of Project Guide

2 2nd Identify project Domain 8/7/19 22/7/19 Vikas

3 4th Submission of Project Proposals 22/7/19 5/8/19 Vikas

4 6th Finalization of Project Idea 5/8/19 12/8/19 Vikas

5 7th Literature survey 12/8/19 26/8/19 Vikas, Devang,

Devanshi,
Santosh

6 9th Problem Definition 26/8/19 9/9/19 Vikas, Devang,

Devanshi,
Santosh

7 11th Action Plan for 6th semester 9/9/19 16/9/19 Vikas, Devang,
Devanshi,
Santosh

8 12th Compilation of Project planning 16/9/19 30/9/19 Vikas, Devang,

Report Devanshi,
Santosh

9 14th Actual Presentation & Final 30/9019 7/10/19 Vikas, Devang,

submission Project Planning Report Devanshi,
Santosh

Name of the student with Roll No. and Signature: ________________

Vikas Pandey(12)

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Signature of Project guide