Automatic Water Level Control and Monitoring
System using GSM Module
Alok Kumar
MCA VIT University
Chennai, India
alok.kumar2015@vit.ac.in
Abstract— New deficiency of water supply is general
episode especially in colossal populace like in inn. Water
supply at the understudy's lodging is for the most part
suffocate from tank at the rooftop top of the building. Right
now there is no early cautioning framework to screen the
tank water level when it has achieved water basic level. The
circumstance compounded when there is no legitimate
expert in control to-do support around then. It turns out to
be most exceedingly terrible particularly at the weekends
and open occasions. Understudies need to sit tight couples
of days for water supply to continue. In this paper
introduces the water level control and checking and its
sends a ready SMS to the regarded individual. It will
automatically starts and stops the motor when the water
reached the critical level. All the more particularly, we
research the microcontroller based water level detecting
and controlling in a wired and remote environment. Water
Level administration approach would help in lessening the
home power utilization and also water flood. From the
clients point of view it is required to reuse such profitable
asset in a versatile application. The model was tried and
worked appropriately as an intend to decrease the danger
of startling deficiency of water supply.
Keywords— Arduino UNO Microcontroller, GSM Module,
Tank, Assembly language, water pump, ultrasonic
sensor.
I. INTRODUCTION
Manageability of accessible water asset in numerous reason of
the word is currently an overwhelming issue. This issue is
discreetly identified with poor water portion, wasteful utilize,
and absence of satisfactory and incorporated water
administration. Water is normally utilized for horticulture,
industry, and local utilization. In this manner, effective utilize
and water observing are potential limitation for home or office
water administration framework. Most recent couple of decades
a few checking framework incorporated with water level
location have gotten to be acknowledged. Measuring water
level is a key errand for government and living arrangement
viewpoint. Along these lines, it is conceivable to track the real
execution of such activities with coordination of different
controlling exercises. Accordingly, water controlling
framework execution makes potential essentialness in home
applications. Understudies' lodgings are typically given water
tanks and put at the rooftop top of inn structures. Water from
fundamental channel is pumped up to the tanks utilizing
electrical water pump. Water supplies to most part of the inns
are drawn from the tanks by method for gravity. At the point
when there is power disappointment, no water is pumped up to
fill the tanks. Thus the
water level in the tank decreases progressively. The
circumstance turns out to be more terrible particularly at the
weekends and open occasions when the vast majority of the
lodging living arrangements are in. The water level of the tank
lessens radically and inside brief timeframe the water runs out.
Sudden water lack occurs at whatever time if the tank is not
legitimately checked. Thus, an observing framework to screen
the tank water level must be produced and in the end ready to
alarm the individual in-control or professional on the
momentum status of the tank. The framework comprises of
water level identifier hardware incorporated with GSM module.
After achieving the basic water level in the tank, a SMS is sent
through GSM module to the professional in control for further
activity.
II. Ease of Use
Proposed System-
In this system will be implementing this using ultrasonic
sensors, GSM module, Tank, Arduino UNO microcontroller.
To implement the Automatic water level control and
monitoring system using GSM Module to use the water in
properly manner. It will sends the alert SMS to the responsible
person time to time using GSM module. In this project
ultrasonic sensors will be used on top to check the water
presence in the tank or not which will informs by alert message
every time. Whenever water reached at critical level bottom
sensor sends the alert to microcontroller and motor will be start
and when water reached at the top of tank than top sensor sends
the alert to microcontroller and it will automatically stops the
motor.
Drawbacks
A. Compatibility-
In spite of the fact that the quantity of brilliant sensors in
buildings that keep on rising, various purchasers still remain a
touch reluctant in shelling out gobs of cash to computerize their
buildings. Rather, numerous Makers have as of now contrived
associated in-house devices utilizing simple to-utilize stages
like Arduino and Raspberry Pi.
B. Complexity-
Complicated applications code can be difficult to understand.
This makes it buggy and hard to test, purification, fix,
maintain, and develop. A common part of this problem is one
of the significance that make Arduino so easy to use for simple
programs: the functions setup () and loop ().
For the most part compose a project by beginning basic. Strip
what we need to the unclad substance, and after that compose a
small code to do it. At that point augment it, including more.
Include a gadget: add a small code to setup and circle to
command it. Need inquire network: include much code. Need
to empower and debilitate the gadget: include much code. Need
the gadget to cooperate with different gadgets: include much
code. Include another gadget: rehash. Really soon, setup and
circle are a labyrinth of twisty entries all similar.
and monitor the water using GSM and microcontroller Arduino
or Raspberry Pi based system can reduce the wastage of water.
There is unless an undeniable risk when utilizing mains power,
including hazard of electric shock and peril of electrical flames
if the segments are not appraised effectively. This plan much
decreases any hazard by turning away the mains power by
utilizing industrially accessible remote control attachments or
light fittings. Specifically the attachments needn't bother with
any work to be done on the house electrical framework, the light
fittings do and should be introduced by an able grown-up or
capable circuit tester.
Imagine if an ignoble programmer changes your solution. On
the other hand if a store naturally marching you an equal item
that you are hypersensitive to, or a flavor that you do not care
for, or an item that is now fallen. Accordingly, security is at last
in the hands of the purchaser to check any mechanization.

C. Privacy/Security- III. System Architecture

We found this gadget can be used to solve many issues. These
are the some usual issues which I have faced in the past:
1. This venture demonstrates the significance of water in
our everyday life and ought not to squander water.
2. The Automatic water level controller guarantees no
floods or dry running of pump there by spares power
and water.
3. Fully programmed, spares labor.
4. Consume next to no vitality, perfect for ceaseless
operation.
5. Automatic water level controller gives you the
adaptability to choose for yourself the water levels for
operations of pump set.
6. Never put water down the drain when there may be
another use for it such as watering a plant or garden, or
cleaning.
Below the diagram show the Arduino model. We have use
many things in this model Tank, Arduino UNO, Water liquid
sensor, GSM Module, electronic pump, Bread Board, and
buzzer all the things are connected to Arduino board and bread
board.
Arduino UNO was preferred because of its great specialized
details, great execution for information handling and is
reasonable than other single board PCs accessible in the market.
The Arduino Uno is accustomed to playing out the simple flag
from sensor and send messages utilizing the GSM Module. The
GSM Module is used to send the message to technician or other
responsible person when the sensor explore any irregularity in
the tank than it will sends the alert to microcontroller and it will
start and stop the electronic pump accordingly.

My gadget usage a Water liquid sensor to explore the water

safety and this notice is deliver without wire by using a RF
transmitter-receiver module to give some kind of alert. We pick
a RF module for wireless movement because collate to the
current wireless systems like XBee or Wi-Fi, it is user friendly
and very inexpensive. You could utilize sensor, but that has a
finite limit and can only work within a line of sight of the
receiver. But using the inexpensive RF module we can
communicate within the limit of throughout 100m.
At the end we will give you some beck to decrease the power
expenditure.
We will part the general venture into 3 principle parts;

1. TRANSMITTER: To detect the human pace and

handover the information to collector.
2. RECEIVER: Receive the information from transmitter
and activate ready framework, begin and stop the
engine appropriately.
3. SOFTWARE: That serve the general equipment
utilized as a part of this venture.
D. Safety-
Water safety is a necessary task because in the upcoming days
water level went down we will not get enough water so control
 IV. MODULE DESCRIPTION

A. Arduino UNO R3
The Arduino Uno is a microcontroller board in perspective of
the ATmega328P. It has 14 electronic data pins, 6
straightforward sources of info or yield, a 16 MHz quartz jewel,
a USB affiliation, a drive jack, an ICSP header and a reset get.
It contains everything anticipated that would reinforce the
microcontroller; basically interface it to a PC with a USB
connection or power it with an AC-to-DC connector or battery
to start.. You can tinker with your UNO without focusing on a
great deal over fulfilling something inaccurately, most critical
result possible you can exchange the chip for two or three
dollars and start at the end of the day yet again.

D. Water Tank
The water level locator is activated when it touches the water
level at determined level.

B. Ultrasonic sensor

Audio well ultrasonic sensor items incorporate open sort, water-

verification sort and gathered sensors. Ultrasonic sensors were
broadly utilized as a part of assortment of programmed control
gadgets and supplies, for example, stopping colleague
framework, rangefinder, fluid level meter, and so on.

Ultrasonic sensors take a shot at a rule like radar or sonar which

assess traits of an objective by translating the echoes from radio
or sound waves separately. Ultrasonic sensors create high
recurrence sound waves and assess the river berate which is
gotten back by the sensors. Sensors figure the time interim
between sending the flag and getting the resound to decide the
separation to a question.
C. GSM Module
The GSM Module controller connected is SIM900 and it was
engaged to the Arduino Uno. Its work is to send message to the
Fire technician or a particular number. The SIM900 GSM
Module has low power consumption. It has its own GSM
correspondence module and processor which is modified
utilizing JAVA. It can be utilized to send and get SMS, voice
calling and get information parcel. The AT charges is utilized
to empower the GSM module to send the SMS (Message) to the
beneficiary.
The two levels are called as abnormal state, L1 and basic level
L2. A flag is sent to every locator circuit and sent notice to
microcontroller when it doesn't identify any water. From the
microcontroller, the flag is sent to GSM and to individual in-
control in a type of SMS. There are two groupings of SMS sent
to the individual in-control to alarm the level of the water tank.
V. Related Work
Khaled Reza el al., (2010) presented the thought of water level
observing and administration inside the setting of electrical
conductivity of the water. The creators spurred by the
innovative affordances of cell phones and the trust that water
level administration approach would help in diminishing the
home power utilization and additionally water flood; examined
the microcontroller based water level detecting and controlling //gsm
in a wired and remote environment. The exploration result was {
an adaptable, efficient and simple configurable framework while( count<timesTosend) //GSM module code begin
composed on a minimal effort Arduino microcontroller {
utilizing GSM module. delay(1500);
Serial.print("AT+CMGS=\"");
VI. Complete Implementation Serial.print(phone_no);
Serial.println("\"");
/* Ultasonic sensor while (Serial.read()!='>');
HC-SR04 Ping distance sensor: {
VCC to arduino 5v Serial.print("Tank is empty and Motor started"); //SMS body
GND to arduino GND delay(500);
Echo to Arduino pin 9 Serial.write(0x1A); // sends ctrl+z end of message
Trig to Arduino pin 8*/ Serial.write(0x0D); // Carriage Return in Hex
int echopin = 9; // echo pin Serial.write(0x0A); // Line feed in Hex
int trigpin =8; // Trigger pin
//The 0D0A pair of characters is the signal for the end of a line
int maximumRange = 25; and beginning of another.
long duration, distance; delay(5000);
}
//GSM count++; //Gsm module code end
int timesTosend=1; }
int count=0;
int count1=0; }
char phone_no[]="#"; //phone number }
else if (distance <=10) {
void setup() { digitalWrite (4,LOW);
Serial.begin (9600); digitalWrite (13,LOW);
pinMode (trigpin, OUTPUT); //delay(100);
pinMode (echopin, INPUT );
pinMode (4, OUTPUT);
pinMode (13,OUTPUT); //gsm
{
//GSM module while( count1<timesTosend) //GSM module code begin
delay(2000); {
Serial.println("AT+CMGF=1"); //set GSM to text mode delay(1500);
delay(200); Serial.print("AT+CMGS=\"");
Serial.print(phone_no);
} Serial.println("\"");
while (Serial.read()!='>');
void loop () {
{ Serial.print("Tank has been full and Motor stoped"); //SMS
{ body
digitalWrite(trigpin,LOW); delay(500);
delayMicroseconds(2); Serial.write(0x1A); // sends ctrl+z end of message
Serial.write(0x0D); // Carriage Return in Hex
digitalWrite(trigpin,HIGH); Serial.write(0x0A); // Line feed in Hex
delayMicroseconds(10);
//The 0D0A pair of characters is the signal for the end of a line
duration=pulseIn (echopin,HIGH); and beginning of another.
delay(5000);
distance= duration/58.2; }
delay (50); count1++; //Gsm module code end
Serial.println(distance); }
}
}
if (distance >= 10){ }
digitalWrite (4,HIGH); }
digitalWrite (13,HIGH);
delay(100);
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Computer Science, 2010 Vol I, WCECS 2010, October 20-22,
Within the near future the Internet and remote advances will 2010, San Francisco, USA.
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answers for both the administration of the perpetually wide,
unpredictably arranged Internet of Things, furthermore for the
backing of different plans of action.
The point of our Internet of Things Strategic Research Agenda
is both to make structure for study inside of the given field
furthermore to plainly characterize the focal exploration
destination.

The primary point of the exploration was is to give programmed

water system to the colossal populace regions with a framework
that works with less labor. This thus spares subsidizes and
water. The scientist customized the 8051 microcontroller as
giving the interfere with flag to the GSM, and this was utilized
to control the whole framework. Water fluid level module
sensor were associated with inward ports of the microcontroller
by means of a comparator, and at whatever point there is an
adjustment in the volume of water sensors detects the
adjustment in water and gives an interfere with flag to the
miniaturized scale controller it will sends the alarm to the expert
and in this way the engine is actuated as needs be.

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