Automated Smart Irrigation System (Asis)

A smart city boasts of services that aim to enhance the quality of life by not only providing the basic amenities, but also the efficiency and performance of systems and processes that ensure the economics and sustainability. A major emphasis is placed on environmental quality and habitable ambience within the city. Greenbelts not only improve the air quality but also lend an aesthetic appearance to the city. However, the maintenance and upkeep of the greenbelts is resource-intensive due to the manual nature of the work and inefficient irrigation methods. Conventionally, the city’s greenbelts are watered manually by using pipelines fed through a mobile water tanker, which moves at a slow pace, while a worker directs the water pipe to the greenbelts. This process does not take into account the variations in the water requirements of different plants as well as the soil moisture levels and also the efficiency of irrigation and hence are wasteful. A smart solution can be a smart irrigation system that takes into account the water requirements, soil moisture levels, ambient environmental conditions, air moisture level and optimizes the water usage with minimal human intervention.