SPYDRAIN- An Integrated Mobile Application for Smart Drainage Management

Abstract

One of the critical problems people face during heavy rainfall in urban areas is the poor drainage management system. Heavy rain and a flawed drainage management system cause serious effects such as floods that can cause life and property loss, damage to pipes, and many frontline workers die due to toxic gas produced in the drainage. Since many cities are transforming into smart cities, we need to repair the inefficient drainage systems by utilizing the newest digital technologies. The solution proposed in this paper is a mobile application SPYDRAIN based on IoT technology for smart drainage, maintenance hole monitoring, and gas detection systems. The drainage overflow can be detected using an ultrasonic sensor to measure the space between the sewage water and the sensor. If water reaches the threshold level, the ultrasonic sensor generates an alert, and the microcontroller sends that alert to the app for municipal corporation workers with a location. To monitor the Manhole lid, we attached a tilt sensor in our SPYDRAIN device; it will alert when the lid's position is changed with respect to the original axis at rest. It will alert the corporation workers to close the Manhole using a mobile app by sending the specific location. Toxic gases such as methane, carbon monoxide, and sulfur dioxide are detected using a gas sensor (MQ-9, MQ-135 sensor) attached to the device that will be alerted using a sound buzzer to people around it to save the lives of valuable scavenger workers.