Abstract:
Sewer flooding in residential areas poses great challenges to sewer network operators. The
damage caused by waste water from manholes can be enormous due to high quality additions
and installations in basements and underground car parks. It is not economically justifiable to
prevent flood during extreme precipitation by expanding sewer networks. Instead, it is necessary
to analyse the potential dangers that arise due to flooding, assess the associated risk, and
establish a risk management program. In order to describe the potential hazards, area-related
geographic data can be used as it is normally collected and managed by the microcontroller
interfaced with ultrasonic sensors. In this paper, I implemented an Arduino based technology
system interfacing with ultrasonic sensors for monitoring urban sewage manholes which may be
useful for governments as well as local agencies to take immediate action on critical flooding
situation.
