Role of Information and Communication technology in Water Quality Monitoring and Water Management

  Snehil Rana,  Dr. Gopal Dutt,  Rituja Rana

Water Quality Monitoring and Water Resource Management are significant for solving the problem of water crisis and procuring clean and safe water to the public. Smart solutions for water quality monitoring are of paramount importance and it has got significance with the advancement of communication technology. In modern times, the applications of Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) play a vital role in water management sectors. The water monitoring sensors assist in detecting the pollutants that cause adverse effect on aquatic life and human health. There are many countries where water resources are inadequate to meet domestic, economic and environmental needs. Therefore, this is the need of the hour that something should be done to curb this alarming problem. The basic objective of this paper is to emphasize how ICT tools can overcome water quality monitoring and water management challenges faced in different sectors in order to provide clean and safe water. ICTs have high potential to improve the current water situation. Satellite Remote Sensing, Geographical Information System, Global Position Sensor, Real Time Monitoring Sensor are some shining examples that are employed for information tracking, forecasting and of course identifying new sources of fresh water. This paper also puts forth a detailed overview of recent works carried out in the field of smart water quality monitoring as well as water resource management.

Keywords- Water Quality Monitoring, Water Resource Management, Information and Communication Technology(ICT's), Monitoring Sensors, Rainwater Harvesting

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR2004049
Page Number(s) - 325-333
Pubished in - Volume 8 | Issue 4 | December 2020
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Snehil Rana,  Dr. Gopal Dutt,  Rituja Rana,   "Role of Information and Communication technology in Water Quality Monitoring and Water Management", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.8, Issue 4, pp.325-333, December 2020, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR2004049.pdf