A Sensor Web Model and Web Service for drinking Water Distribution Management

Population growth, energy demand, and climate change are placing an unprecedented strain on water resources, requiring a fundamental shift in how these resources are managed. Since water distribution systems are highly vulnerable to leakages, improper usage, incidents of contamination, accidental or purposeful intrusions, considerable attention is required for prompt action to save and optimum utilization of natural resource of drinking water. Due to spread out and remote locations of Water supply tanks and Pumps/ Valves, both the storage and availability of Water as well as distribution control are difficult. Dependence on Pump attendants makes a mockery of Supply system of this most critical commodity. An approach of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) application to do real- time data collection at the water supply sources such as water tanks , valves/outlets and etc., to obtain proper required parameters measuring to optimize water resource management . The Sensor Web is an emerging technology that promises to revolutionize the way water information is collected and disseminated. A Sensor Web is a group of interoperable web services, which all comply with a specific set of information models and interface specifications. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is developing information models and service interface specifications for Sensor Web Enablement (SWE)