Sewage monitoring and blockage detection system.

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.