Smart and Accountable Water Distribution for Rural Development
The Water Distribution Management System is an intuitive approach to eradicate the shortage of water in remote areas by providing requisite amount of water to each and every household by virtue of their uniquely generated water cards. In this paper, the m
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Abstract The Water Distribution Management System is an intuitive approach to eradicate the shortage of water in remote areas by providing requisite amount of water to each and every household by virtue of their uniquely generated water cards. In this paper, the main emphasis is given on the fact that the existing manual water collection systems leading to improper water distribution are replaced to the point where the services provided are efficient and cost effective leading not only to eliminate water scarcity but to encourage water conservation as well. Each household is entitled to a certain amount of water per day and the process of water collection is scheduled automatically. A feedback system has also been incorporated to evaluate the quality of water being supplied. Keywords Water cards scarcity Smart card
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1 Introduction It is said that water is the elixir of life. It not only contributes to agriculture and domestic uses but is also crucial for survival. However, it is a not finite and a non-renewable resource, which means that the total amount of water on Earth’s surface is constant. Of all water available on the earth’s surface, 97% constitutes the oceans, 2% is trapped in the polar caps and the remaining 1% located in lakes or streams makes its way for human use. Thus, the world is experiencing severe water deficiency. Water scarcity is a major issue in several parts of the world [1]. Esti-
I. Priyadarshini (✉) ⋅ J. Sarraf School of Computer Engineering, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India e-mail: [email protected] J. Sarraf e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017 S.C. Satapathy et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Frontiers in Intelligent Computing: Theory and Applications, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 515, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-3153-3_25
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mations reveal that by 2025, around 1.8 billion people will face absolute water scarcity. Moreover, it is expected that two-thirds of the world population will suffer from water crisis [2]. In a densely populated country like India, the situation is even worse. Growing economy, agriculture, and climate changes belittles the water supply [3]. Poor management, unclear laws, and government corruption have caused the water supply crunch. Numerous remote areas witness the struggle of obtaining a bucket of water at the cost of surplus amount of human energy as well as time. The Water Distribution System may be implemented to combat water scarcity issues in rural areas. Since every individual is entitled to drink clean water, the system makes use of system generated water cards for each and every household in a given area. These cards hold the amount of water issued to every individual household, and once read exhibit the amount of water which can be further claimed by the card holders. The process is automated such that the water available is reset every day to make it an efficient dail
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