Design and Implementation of Automatic Smart Irrigation System

Abstract

Groundwater & Surface water resources are decreasing all over the world including Bangladesh. Water resource management can be done in various ways. Traditionally, water management can be done by operators. However, sometimes it could result over-irrigation, increased electricity bills, water waste, and the crop can be damaged. In this paper, we have developed an intelligent irrigation system that will control the water dispensing to the crop smartly without any operator. There is a moisture sensor that will detect the soil moisture, and a rain sensor will detect rainfall to limit water use. The system can be used to manage groundwater as well as surface water without changing any existing traditional irrigation pumping equipment. This paper attempts low-cost Arduino-based irrigation devices, sensors, especially modern techniques implemented in irrigation systems and agriculture, such as intelligent irrigation systems.