This chapter primarily focuses on the role of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the smart water (SW) conversion process. The several problems like leakage detection, efficient water distribution, remote water monitoring, etc., can be addressed by using IoT with the combination of information and communication technology (ICT). In this line of thought, we propose a smart water system (SWS) layer architecture to ensure the proper utilization of natural or man-made resources. The hygiene water is the birthright of every human being and to ensure it for a future generation the SWS is a proven model.

Chapter Contents:

• 3.1 Smart city
• 3.1.1 IoT in traditional city
• 3.1.2 Myths about smart cities
• 3.1.3 IoT for communication in smart cities
• 3.2 Smart water
• 3.3 SW challenges
• 3.3.1 Asset maintenance
• 3.3.2 Leakage maintenance
• 3.3.3 SW metering maintenance
• 3.3.4 Challenges
• 3.4 Proposed structure for SW
• 3.5 IoT as solution
• 3.5.1 IoT in asset maintenance and leakage detection
• 3.5.2 IoT in SW metering
• 3.5.3 IoT in SW bottle
• 3.5.4 IoT in SW distribution network
• 3.5.5 IoT in SW irrigation
• 3.5.6 IoT in remote controlling of SW assets
• 3.5.7 IoT for SW pricing or revenue generation
• 3.5.8 IoT for smart billing for SW
• 3.5.9 IoT for measuring deep water quality
• 3.5.10 IoT for predicting water-based natural calamities
• 3.6 Lessons
• 3.7 Conclusion
• References

Inspec keywords: water resources; water conservation; Internet of Things; geophysics computing

Other keywords: leakage detection; natural resources; smart water conversion process; information and communication technology; IoT-based smart water; man-made resources; SWS; efficient water distribution; smart water system layer architecture; ICT; remote water monitoring; hygiene water

Subjects: Mobile, ubiquitous and pervasive computing; Geophysics computing; Water (environmental science); Water quality and water resources