Water Scarcity: A Technical Assessment for Improved Resource Utilization in a Rural Indian Village

2021 IEEE 9th Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference (R10-HTC) Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI:10.1109/R10-HTC53172.2021.9641699

Sravan Kumar, S. Sai, A. Shanmukha, K. Jayachandra, P. P. Reddy, Ganesh R Narayanan, V. Ajith

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Global water scarcity is one of the most challenging problems agriculture is facing. A 2012 World Bank report on India Groundwater identified India as the highest consumer of groundwater in the world, spurred by its availability and subsidized cost. India faces the dilemma of regulating the insatiable demand for groundwater, while replenishing its sources. Extensive surveys of a village in the southern India State of Andhra Pradesh, revealed that water scarcity is causing hunger, affecting human health and ensuing in poverty. This paper is a report on studies of the community's water usage patterns and its grim ground groundwater situation. We use Participatory Rural Appraisal and Human Centered Design methods to understand and analyze the challenges faced by the people. Based on these studies, we propose an IoT (Internet of Things) based groundwater and water distribution monitoring system, an IoT based weather station, aquifer recharge and atmospheric water generation solutions. Our study proposes a holistic method towards mitigating the problem.

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水资源短缺:改善印度农村资源利用的技术评估

全球水资源短缺是农业面临的最具挑战性的问题之一。2012年，世界银行(World Bank)一份关于印度地下水的报告指出，受地下水供应和补贴成本的推动，印度是世界上地下水消耗量最大的国家。印度面临着既要调节对地下水的无尽需求，又要补充其水源的两难境地。对印度南部安得拉邦的一个村庄进行的广泛调查显示，缺水正在造成饥饿，影响人类健康，并随之而来的是贫困。本文是对该社区水资源利用模式及其严峻的地下水状况的研究报告。我们使用参与式乡村评估和以人为本的设计方法来了解和分析人们面临的挑战。基于这些研究，我们提出了基于物联网(IoT)的地下水和水分布监测系统、基于物联网的气象站、含水层补给和大气产水解决方案。我们的研究提出了一种缓解这一问题的整体方法。

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