Gonzalo Fuentes 242736

Simon Gasión 240126

Jahanzeb Raja 242097

Development of an Automatic Irrigation System

1. Context
Agriculture is, nowadays, a critical sector in our development as a society. Not only it
belongs and significantly contributes to the world's economy, it matters too because a
lot of different ailments are brought to us and our families by this sector. In recent
years a lot of different factors such as climate change, water scarcity and
overpopulation are putting enormous pressure on agricultural systems to perform at
their best capabilities and as fast as possible. However, one of the first causes of
water wasting in our society is, nonetheless, the agricultural sector. Being this sector
of such importance brings the necessity of saving water to the front, being contrarian
as for what is known for. Then, the development of an automatic watering system
aims to search for a solution to this problem and optimize as much as we can the use
of water and improve agricultural productivity.

2. Motivation
The motivation that we found in developing an automatic irrigation system is to
improve and make more efficient the usage of water.
Whether it is to help save water, fight against climate change or meet the increase in
the demand for food.
The use of the irrigation system (in agriculture), can save large amounts of water that
nowadays are being wasted. We can use the water that we are saving in other fields
that can be useful. So, we are contributing to creating a more sustainable world and
increasing the efficiency of the usage of water.

3. Problem identification/justification
Some of the problems that we have on the current irrigation systems are:

- Low efficiency of watering in agriculture: with manual irrigation, we have the

problem that we can irrigate too much a plantation. Or we can have the
problem that we water less another plantation. This causes a big wastage of
water.
- Great cost in production: if the irrigation system is manual, it leads to a much
slower and less efficient system that causes an increase in labor costs.
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- Limited adaptability: Current systems can not adapt to climatic conditions,

since it is all manual and needs an enormous difficulty in adapting the
plantations. This causes low efficiency and a lot of water waste.
The previous problems can be solved using an automatic irrigation system. Which
contributes to creating a sustainable society that uses the water properly and fights
against the scarcity of water in the world.

4. Concept of solution
Our proposed solution will make use of a humidity sensor to monitor soil moisture.
Once certain criteria is met, the device will send a trigger to activate the watering
procedure and a certain quantity of water determined by the surface of soil to irrigate
will be dropped from above to both hydrate the plants and water their roots, making
the irrigation schedule flexible and based on the real-time data collected by the
sensors.

5. Idea on solution's success measures

The success measures of our automated irrigation system could be measured on

different performances:

- Use of water: the system should reduce the waste of water and make an
efficient use of it compared to traditional irrigation systems.
- Crop yield: the quality of the crops shouldn’t differ or be better than the crops
obtained by traditional methods.
- Installation and maintenance cost: the total cost of installation and utilization
should be around the cost of present methods, being less if possible to make
a more economic approach.
- Helping the environment: our system should contribute to make a respectable
use of the environment and produce as less wastes as possible.
- Adaptable: our system needs to be adapted to a wide range of different crops
and be able to cover some general necessities.
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6. References
Gautam, T. K., Paudel, K. P., & Guidry, K. M. (2020c). An Evaluation of Irrigation Water Use Efficiency in
Crop Production Using a Data Envelopment Analysis Approach: A Case of Louisiana, USA. Water,
12(11), 3193.
An Evaluation of Irrigation Water Use Efficiency in Crop Production Using a Data Envelopment Analysis
Approach: A Case of Louisiana, USA

Blasi, A. H., Abbadi, M. A., & Al-Huweimel, R. (2020). Machine Learning Approach for an Automatic
Irrigation System in Southern Jordan Valley. ResearchGate.
Machine Learning Approach for an Automatic Irrigation System in Southern Jordan Valley

Bouketir, O. (2019). An automatic irrigation system for water optimization in the Algerian agricultural
sector. Agricultural Science and Technology, 11(2), 133-137.
https://doi.org/10.15547/ast.2019.02.021

Admin, & Admin. (2020, 28 enero). Más de 80% del agua se va en uso agrícola y de la industria.
Gaceta UNAM.
Más de 80% del agua se va en uso agrícola y de la industria - Gaceta UNAM

Regaber, S.A. (2020, 3 julio). AH-AT-201 Sonda de humedad Drill&Drop® · Regaber. Regaber.
AH-AT-201 Sonda de humedad Drill&Drop® · Regaber

Admin. (s. f.). Home. Avada Construction.

https://nopled.com/
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Appendix:
1. Empathy map canvas:
https://www.figma.com/file/CczIGzJqEP6WjofsjJEwCe/Untitled?node-id=0%3A1
&t=Mo9ul91oNNybGUpy-1

2. Benchmarking

Tool/Project How this tool Strengths Weaknesses Aspects to be

(Explore the tackles the problem adopted
Inspirator) or can help to tackle
it?

Tool 1/Project 1 Full manual control of Personalized Requires spending Distribution of

The Lower watering intervals, installation for resources to evaluate sprinklers and water
Bhavani Project allows user to set the weather conditions routing system
(LBP) time. automatization and ground humidity, through canals.
watering lower water use Personalizing the
Mahaweli project efficiency if not installation depending
System H managed with utmost the goal or the
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detail. objectives

Tool 2/ Project 2 Manufacture of parts Economic They focus on the Understand how they
for automatic plastic creation of the create the pieces
Nopled irrigation through irrigation material, they are not efficiently and be able
plastic injection sprinklers. focused on to adapt it to our
Availability of automating the project
pop-up system.
sprinklers and
turbine
sprinklers, to
convert the
energy
coming from
the water
pressure into
rotational
movement.

Tool 3 / Project 3 Monitoring of soil Eases Individual devices run Monitoring of soil
humidity through automation of on batteries, requires humidity,
Regaber sensors. the irrigation periodic maintenance. communication with
Drill&Drop process, easy Functionality limited phone app to visualize
to install and to communicating data.
remove, information, requires
accessible an external system to
information actually water the
through phone plants.
app.
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Tool 3/Project 3 This tool helps to - Automated - Risk of XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

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(our project) unnecessary water system XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
expenses, making an - Cost of the XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
automatic control of - Ability to automatic irrigation XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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on the vegetable you up and maintaining XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
want to water, input - Minimized the system XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
the amount of water risk of XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
or other variables like over-watering XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
what to do in certain plants XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
weather. XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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good and
efficient use of
it
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3. 10+10 technique sketches

Final selection:
1.1 Weight sensor to regulate water volume
1.2/3.1 Humidity sensor to regulate watering intervals
1.9 multiple flower pot support
2.5/3.5 Mobile app integration
2.2 Water source above plant for hydration and watering

4. List of materials

ID Name and Short Quantity Available

model description (yes/no)
(How it will be
used)

1 sensor de introducido 2 si
humedad bajo tierra en
AM2302 una maceta
para
determinar
humedad
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2 sensor de mide el peso 2 si

presión de cada
maceta para
decidir la
cantidad de
agua a utilizar

3 bomba de pequeña 1 no
agua bomba para
impulsar agua
por los tubos

4 tubos tubos 3 no
preparados
para
transportar
agua

5 maceta macetas para 3 si

plantar plantas

6 contenedor de un contenedor 1 si
agua de agua
pequeño

7 kit de arduino ejecución del 1 si

còdigo y
controlador de
sensores

5. List of tools

ID Name Short description When

(How it will be used) (Approximate
date)

8 Cúter Para cortar tubos

9 Pegamento SuperGlue

10 Cinta adhesiva Para pegar los tubos

11 Destornillador Para atornillar