Advisory Framework to Interconnect Distributed Water Bodies Targeting Agriculture Farms

Abstract

There has been several instances of uneven distribution of water resources in villages, towns and cities of developing countries of South-east Asia, such as India, Indonesia, etc. Interconnection of distributed water bodies such that excess water from one water source to other deficit source of a stressed agriculture farm is always a challenge. Planning and implementation of efficient laying in already connected pipeline laid mechanisms are costly and time consuming. In this regard, this paper proposes a novel advisory framework named as Zobhana Jala Sambaddha (ZJS) to address the above problems and provide an automated solution as compared to manual pipe laying mechanisms. The proposed advisory Framework ZJS arrives at a solution space that connects multiple source and destination points. This multipath solution between any source and destination points are derived considering different parameters of interest such as: low-cost, less distance, low pumping power, geographical constraints etc. An image processing based data abstraction with multi constrained optimization framework provides an advisory solution. It is observed from different test case runs carried out in Sri City, that the proposed framework is more generic and automated; eliminates the need for time consuming surveys for pipe-laying; and in fact, reduces pipe-laying infrastructure by upto 36%.