The document outlines a series of initiatives under the ClimaAdapt project aimed at improving water use efficiency through technology, particularly in irrigation systems. It details the development of various sensors for monitoring water levels, soil moisture, and other parameters, along with the implementation of decision support systems for better water management. Additionally, the document highlights training and capacity-building efforts for stakeholders, including farmers and engineers, to utilize these technologies effectively.

1. 14Nov2014
Authors:
Sai Bhaskar Reddy Nakka, Coordinator, ClimaAdapt Project,WALAMTARI
Yella Reddy Kaluvai Director (Agriculture & Research),WALAMTARI &
Narayan Reddy Llati, Director General, WALAMTARI
Smart technologies for improving Water Use Efficiency :
Initiatives under ClimaAdapt Project byWALAMTARI
Water And Land Management Training and Research Institute (WALAMTARI)
Himayatsagar, Hyderabad - 500030
National Workshop on
Climate Change and Water : Improving Water Use Efficiency
13-14 Nov 2014

2. Water Use Efficiency
CANAL
MONITORING
MANUAL - DATA
COLLECTION
AUTOMATION -
SENSORS
MANAGEMENT
MANUAL - SCHEDULE
AUTOMATION - CANAL
AUTOMATION
DECISION SUPPORT
SYSTEMS
ON-FARM
MONITORING
MANUAL - DATA
COLLECTION
AUTOMATION -
SENSORS
MANAGEMENT
MANUAL - SCHEDULE
AUTOMATION - CANAL
AUTOMATION
DECISION SUPPORT
SYSTEMS

3. Developed sensors for measuring the parameters
- water level, soil moisture, relative humidity,
temperature

5. RBC (Replogle, Bos, Clemmens) flumes

6. Challenges in collecting data
The first problem primarily has to do with entering data manually,
while the second problem is caused by different colleagues in the
field taking measurements in different ways
People can cheat by sending information without being in the field
based on their experience / guess.

7. WATER
MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS
TIMELY RELEASE OF
WATER
ANALYSIS VOLUME OF WATER

8. Field level monitoring

9. Portable sensors

15. Ultrasonic sensors for water level
Temperature and relative humidity sensor
Soil Moisture sensor

16. GSM BOARD FOR SENDING SMS
Arduino Uno Microcontroller

18. CLICK sensor for soil moisture with GSMTWEET sensor for water level with GSM

19. Ongoing work
# Parameter Number
Prototypes developed 30
No of trainings organised 10
No. of exposure visits organised 2
No. of people trained 200
Sensors installed 10
Software Development ongoing

20. • Monitoring
• Control centre
• Sensors development lab
• Software development
• Operation and maintenance -
Sensors, instruments, transducers,
communication systems, power, etc.
• Decision support systems –
Information visualization, Graphics,
Artificial Intelligence, analysis,
reports, etc.
WATER
MANAGEMENT
CENTRE

21. SmartTechnology Systems
# Component Application Identified options
1 Hardware /
Instruments
Information
collection sensors /
instruments
Water level Ultrasonic sensor, For water flows
and quantity Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler,
Sensors for soil moisture, Temperature, relative
humidity, solar radiation
Cameras for collecting photos and videos
Information
processing and
receivers
Computers, Servers, Laptops, Tablets, Smart
Phones
Sensors development
and maintenance
Sensors and instrumentation lab
Decision support
system
Control centre
Communication or
information transfer
systems
Satellite communication, Radio Frequency,
telephone, cell phone
Wifi, blue tooth, GSM and data logger
Control Center Automation, Semi-automation and manual
systems

22. # Component Application Identified options
2 SOFTWARE CNFMS – Java, SCADA, PID etc., softwares
GIS / Remote sensing,
Big data,
Information visualization

23. Flow diagram

24. Software and
Sensors Dev.Team
RESEARCH IMPLEMENTATION
CAPACITY
BUILDING
- Superintending
Engineer and
team
- Farmers
Associations and
other institutions
- Farmers
- WALAMTARI
- Field Training
Centres
- Water Manager
- PhD Scholars
- Internships
Canal Network Flow Monitoring System
[CNFMS]
Design
-Software
Engineers
-Electronics
and
communicati
on engineers
Etc.,
Implement
ClimaAdapt
I&CAD
BIOFORSK &
PARTNERS
WALAMTARI
WATER
MANAGEMENT
Sensors and
Instruments Lab

25. Climate Cell
WALAMTARI, AP
Projects
ClimaAdapt
Project
Canal Network flow
monitoring system
Research and studies
Forum
ClimateWater Forum
–discussion groups,
website
Networking
Meetings /
conferences /
seminars / workshops
Capacity building
Training, awareness,
sensitization, etc.
Dissemination -
Online / Print – Books
, booklets, magazines
, posters, Publications
STAKEHOLDERS
•IRRIGATION
DEPARTMENT
•LINE
DEPARTMENTS
•CIVIL SOCIETY
•PUBLIC SECTOR
•PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIMARY
STAKEHOLDERS
-FARMERS’
ASSOCIATIONS
-SHGWOMEN
-YOUTH &
CHILDREN
POLICY /
ADVOCACY
I & CAD
Bioforsk and project
partners

26. Sensors
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SENSORS
CONTACT
PRESSURETYPE
CAPACITANCETYPE
SHAFT ENCODERS
BUBBLER
NON CONTACT
ULTRASONIC
RADAR
ADCP (SONAR)
Mobile Canal Control

28. Digital Pulsed Doppler or
Acoustic Doppler current profiler
contact type
• Pulsed wave (PW) Doppler systems use a transducer that
alternates transmission and reception of ultrasound.
• One main advantage of pulsed Doppler is its ability to
provide Doppler shift data selectively from a small segment
along the ultrasound beam, referred to as the “sample
volume”.
• The location of the sample volume is operator controlled.
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29. River Surveyor

30. River Surveyor
• The patented and award-winning RiverSurveyor®, S5/M9
systems give a new perspective to the notion of measuring
open channel hydraulics. Using SonTek's
exclusive SmartPulseHD®, multiple acoustic frequencies are
fused with precise bandwidth control for the most robust and
continuous shallow-to-deep discharge measurements ever. A
deterministic microcontroller expertly apportions the proper
acoustics, pulse scheme, and cell size to get the highest
definition possible so you can focus on the measurement, not
the instrument setup.The system even has a vertical beam
for precise channel definition and it's all designed to work
intuitively.

31. Aqua Profiler
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32. Aqua Profiler
Contact type
The system is designed to measure both, the
vector and the magnitude (using twin velocity
beams) of individual velocity cells to account for
velocity variations within the flow and obtain the
flow profile.
A third vertical acoustic or hydrostatic sensor
beam is used to measure water level.

33. Technical architecture

34. Smart phones and tablets

35. DATA FLOW PATH
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36. DATAVISUALISATION
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Graphical representation

37. SENSORS WATER LEVEL ACCURACY POWER INPUT COST/UNIT(Rs)
SERVICE OF AGENCY
1) CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC 1 year warrenty
>RADAR RANGING SENSOR 40275-72585
a)CS475-L 50mm-20m ± 5mm 9.6-16 Vdc
b)CS476-L 50mm-30m ±3mm 9.6-16 Vdc
c)CS477-L 400mm-70m ±15mm 9.6- 16 Vdc
>SONIC RANGING SENSOR 2565-55285
SR50A-L 0.5-10m ±1cm 9-18 Vdc
2) VIRTUAL ELECTRONICS
>DIGITAL WATER LEVEL RECORDER-RADAR TYPE 3025-60125
DWLR-R 15m-70m ±2mm 12 v
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38. 3) HYDROVISION
>ULTRASONIC LEVEL SENSOR 2575-50254
SEP3702 25m ±2% 24Vdc
SHANGHAI
CX-RLM RADAR
WATER LEVEL
SENSOR WITH ALARM
30 m <0.1% 4216-60230 1Year warranty
4) CHEMINS
WATER LEVEL
SENSOR LKZLD-A
30 m <0.1% 24Vdc
RADARWATER LEVEL
SENSOR HD
30 m 6000-12000
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39. 5) SHANGHAI
CX-RLM-081 PULSE
RADAR INFRARED
WATER LEVEL
SENSOR
20m <0.1% 7000-60230
RRF-15 70m ±5mm 60230-18690
VRPWRD51-56 20m ±10mm 48184-12460
VRPWRD35 20m ±3mm 24Vdc 48184-12460
SHAANXICHINA-RADARWATER LEVEL SENSOR
YK=RLT01 35m ±2mm 6023-72276
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45. Meteorological predictions and information
Weather forecast information to
mobiles
Pest and disease surveillance for
major crops
Weather based crop insurance
products
Computer-
models
ObservationsWeather
information
VIPS

46. http://washtech.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/monitoring-water-for-people-launches-android-app/
Real time Maps

47. Real-time data
The application allows water users to instantly access information from
handheld devices on stream for surface water, major reservoir levels,
canal water flows/levels.The free mobile app will be made available for
iPhone,Android and MSWindows for stakeholders to access information.
River levels and
flows
Storage elevations,
volumes and
discharges
Canal Levels at
nodes
Ground water
levels.
Determine
water
availability,
water
allocations
and water
releases
develop water
sharing plans
evaluate the
performance
of water
sharing plans
predict flood
levels to
protect people
and property
gauge the
health of rivers
and
floodplains
manage
surface and
groundwater
resources

48. The real time is useful
Adopting the irrigation scheduling water usage can be
minimized
Generating crop water demand and supply graphs and make
use of the same while releasing water to canals.
Predicting occurrence of rainfall in the future by using rainfall
probability analysis
Adoption of visualization techniques for quick decision making
and supervision of gates, meters and other field devices.
Water delivery would be equitable and also economical

49. Thank you…