Development of Pseudo Autonomous Wireless Sensor Monitoring System for Water Distribution Network

Water distribution networks require long term autonomous monitoring solutions, integrated, reliable and cost effective data transfer methods. This paper investigates the data delivery infrastructure of water distribution network sensor equipment used for network monitoring and billing of the subscribers. Water distribution network usually apply sensors to measure water flow, pressure and temperature. The main goal is to offer a wireless sensor system architecture comprising simplified and cost effective design for large scale deployments, maximizing autonomous running time and data transmission reliability. The proposed solution offers a periodic data acquisition system by removing the need of drive-by scenarios commonly used for water meter readouts collection. The idea of pseudo autonomous wireless sensor monitoring system is also discussed in the conclusion.