Fabrication and Installation of Automatic Water Level Recorder through Global System for Mobile (GSM)

Zulfiqar Ali Chachar; Mashooque Ali Talpur; Irfan Ahmed Sheikh; Zaheer Ahmed Khan; Shakeel Ahmed Soomro; Asif Raza Noonari; Anees Ahmed Tunio; Vikash Kumar; Ghulam Hussain Awan; Iftikhar Khan Phullan; Kamil Fakhur Zaman

Authors

Zulfiqar Ali Chachar Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, 70060, Pakistan
Mashooque Ali Talpur Department of Land and Water Management, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, 70060, Pakistan
Irfan Ahmed Sheikh Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, 70060, Pakistan
Zaheer Ahmed Khan Department of Farm Structures and Postharvest Engineering, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, 70060, Pakistan
Shakeel Ahmed Soomro Department of Farm Structures and Postharvest Engineering, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, 70060, Pakistan
Asif Raza Noonari Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, 70060, Pakistan
Anees Ahmed Tunio Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, 70060, Pakistan
Vikash Kumar Department of Land and Water Management, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, 70060, Pakistan
Ghulam Hussain Awan Department of Land and Water Management, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, 70060, Pakistan
Iftikhar Khan Phullan Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, 70060, Pakistan
Kamil Fakhur Zaman Department of Land and Water Management, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, 70060, Pakistan

Keywords:

Water level, GSM, Arduino Nano, Microcontroller, Float sensor, Ultrasonic sensor

Abstract

There are so many factors that contribute to water stress, including poor management of water distribution. These fluctuations are important to be known, as the properties of lake and river shores are significantly affected by the changes in water levels. An automatic water level recorder in this condition is essential for proper distribution of water to the fields, and for researchers to get the data via mobile. A system comprising of an Arduino Nano (open source), water-level sensor (float/magnetic sensor and ultrasonic sensor), and GSM module was proposed in this study to monitor the water level of a water body. The device performed very well in both good network areas, and bad network areas with an R² value of 1.0 for the float sensor, and 0.9996 for the ultrasonic sensor. All the sensors were reliable and accurate, whereas in case of bad network areas the SMS received was delayed at an average of 5.7 minutes. This delay can only cause some issues when the data is needed on an immediate basis. The study concluded that the device built is reliable and can be used for the real-time monitoring of water levels.

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