Development of Low-Cost Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) for Watershed Quality Monitoring

Abstract

Water has always been an important part of human life, in the context of the global environment, water management and conservation is the focus because it impacts on human survival in a fundamental way. Current condition of the Kalibaru River Basin: (a) water use for agriculture, plantation and community needs is increasingly increasing, (b) unstable availability of water, (c) excessive utilization that does not pay attention to carrying capacity, (d) potentially for erosion and (e) high sources of water pollution that affect the quality of raw materials of drinking water, ecosystem, economy and human health and social security. This study aims to develop a system consisting of hardware and software capable of monitoring the quality of watersheds, in this research used Kalibaru's Watershed. This monitoring can be used by relevant agencies to conduct studies or even make policies related to quality watershed care.