Design of flooding detection system based on velocity and water level DAM with ESP8266

Abstract

Indonesia is a tropical country with high rainfall intensity and prone to flooding. In Indonesia the flood disaster has become one of the highest natural disasters in each year. To prevent flooding disaster is still done in conventional ways. One of them by building dams in the river to control the flow of water. However, the high intensity of rainfall, and the absence of soil absorption can result the volume of water in the dam exceed of capacity. In the conventional ways on every dam there is an officer who controls the water level directly. This way of direct observation is very inefficient and officers should always be in place. If the condition of water volume increases suddenly and the officer is not there, the flood information is not quickly conveyed. So that appropriate technology is needed in order to solve the problem. The ESP8266 is a micro controller with minimum power consumption. The ESP8266 also has wireless tools which can be integrated with internet networks. This ability makes the data sensors can be sent web servers and smart phone applications to inform the flooding alert.