In the technology communication era, the use of the Internet
of Things (IoT) has become popular among other digital solutions,
since it offers the integration of information from several organisms and
at several sources. By means of this, we can access data from distant
locations and at any time. In the specific case of water monitoring, the
conventional outdated measurement methods can lead to low efficiency
and complexity issues. Hence, Smart systems rise as a solution for a
broad of cases. Smart River is a smart system platform developed to
optimize the resources and monitoring the quality of water parameters
of the Ferven¸ca river. The central solution is based at Centro Ciˆencia
Viva de Bragan¸ca (CCVB), one of the 21 science centers in Portugal
that aims to promote the preservation and environmental awareness for
the population. By using the IoT technologies, the system allows realtime
data collection with low cost and low energy consumption, being
a complement of existing projects that are being developed to promote
the ecological importance of natural resources. This paper covers sensor
module selection for data collection inside the river and data storage.
The parameters of the river are visualized using a program developed in
Unity engine to present data averages and comparison between weeks,
months, and years.
This work has also been supported by Fundação La Caixa within the Project Scope: Natureza Virtual, and FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia within the Project Scope: UIDB/05757/2020.
