IoT-based Automated Pond Water Quality Monitoring System for Aquaculture Farms

Owing to the modern-day development in agricultural and aquacultural fields of a country, there has been a great need for the automation of various tasks associated with these fields for obtaining maximum progress. The proposed Internet of Things (IoT) based System in this paper works on Arduino development board and its sensors for obtaining a real-time cost-effective monitoring system. The data is gathered from each section of the pond at a timed interval for accurate results and sent as a Short Message Service (SMS) using a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) module to the culturist's mobile. The SMS will include details of all the parameters analysed at each section of the pond at that particular interval of time as well as the warning specifying values of parameters exceeding the permissible levels. The System is provided power using Solar Panel of suitable voltage to ensure that device does not require manual charging. Information exchange between the system and user is based on GSM technology due to the unavailability of efficient and fast Wireless Network access in remote regions. Hence automation of the system's data collection and maintenance is made possible. This system provides real-time notifications to the culturist and helps in preventing the pond parameters from fluctuating to a dangerous level that affects the mortality rate of the organism. The parameter levels may now be controlled as quickly as possible thereby reducing stress on the organism's environment and its effects on the organism's growth rate.