DESC:
FORM 2
THE PATENTS ACT, 1970
(39 OF 1970)
&
THE PATENTS RULES, 2003

COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
(See sections 10 and rule 13)

Title of the Invention: “SMART IDEAL WATER MANAGEMENT”

Name of Applicant: ILONNATI INNOVATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
Nationality: Indian
Address: 307, Gauthami Paradise, Masjid Banda, Gachibowli, Hyderabad- 500084.

1) Name of Inventor: Ravi Teja Jyothula
Nationality: Indian
Address: H.NO:1-8-706, 4th Line, Palakaluru Road, Krishna Babu Colony, 33rd Division, Guntur Town, Andhra Pradesh, Pin-522006.

2) Name of inventor: Dr. Venkata Rama Krishna Chalam Reddi
Nationality: Indian
Address: 305, Gauthami Paradise, Masjid Banda, Gachibowli, Hyderabad- 500084.

PREAMBLE: THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICATION PARTICULARLY DESCRIBES THE INVENTION AND THE MANNER IN WHICH IT IS TO BE PERFORMED.

FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to IOT Based Water Supply Quantity, Pressure, Quality Monitoring, Unmanned Metering and Remote Valve Controlling. More specifically, the present invention relates to Water Quality Monitoring, Water supply metering, Remote Valve Control, Pressure Monitoring, Real Time Data Collection from EDGE Devices and Unmanned Metering, Remote Control of Water Pumping, and Remote controlling pressure and flow of water in the piped network through IOT enabled edge RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) units connected to a centralized dashboard through cloud.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
Presently, there is no solution for complete end to end water quantity metering system, water quality monitoring system, and water flow automation for an entire village or a city or even a residential/Commercial complex, Industries/Institutions Buildings through a centralized dashboard with GIS & SCADA integration. This leads to improper usage of water, water theft, non-revenue water losses, and low pressure at end of the network. Increasing Carbon Emissions with Water Pumps to lift the water to supply by Gravity. There is no way of knowing the quality of water supplied or if contamination is happening in between the source to the end user.
Prior art Application No. 202141020621-IOT ENABLED WATER QUALITY MONITORING AND ALERTING SYSTEM FOR HOME WATER PURIFIER is disclosed that, Smart solutions for water quality monitoring are gaining importance with advancement in communication technology. This project a detailed overview of recent works carried out in the field of monitoring water through smart sensing using IOT. Also, a power efficient, simpler solution for water quality monitoring based on Internet of Things technology is presented. The model developed is used for testing water samples and the data uploaded over the Internet are analyzed. The system also provides an alert to a user and also to the nearby service Centre when there is a deviation of water quality parameters from the pre-defined set of standard values. The proposed system is turbidity, temperature and PH. The Arduino microcontroller forms a central part of monitoring water; it is observed that most of the IOT based solutions use a controller with external Wi-Fi. Here the ESP8266 Wi-Fi Module is a self-contained SOC. with integrated TCP/IP) protocol stack that can give any microcontroller access to your Wi-Fi network. The ESP8266 is capable of either hosting an application or offloading all Wi-Fi networking functions from another application processor. Sensors are directly interfaced to the controller since the proposed system is to monitor domestic water. The sensor parameters such as, turbidity, temperature and pH are measured by placining the sensor into the RO Purifier. The measured parameters can be viewed by using LCD. The data from the sensors are sent to the cloud using the controller. Threshold is set in the cloud based on the standards provided by WHO. Messages are sent from cloud to the users mobile if the value exceeds the threshold. A mobile application has been developed in which values obtained by each sensor in the cloud can be viewed. Data sent from the controller is stored in "Ubidots" cloud. "Ubidots" offers a platform for developers to capture data and turn it into useful information. The features include a real-time dashboard to analyze data or control devices and share the data through public links. Data stored in the cloud can be used for detailed analysis. The cloud is programmed to send alert SMS messages whenever the monitored parameter exceeds the threshold limit.
Another prior art, Application No. 202041003470 INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) BASED INTELLIGENT WATER QUALITY MONITORING AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM is disclosed that, Water Pollution is caused due to contaminants, either knowingly or unknowingly into the natural water bodies and impacts our ecosystem and needs to be addressed. This invention develops a method of real time water quality monitoring and distribution management system with low-cost design. The Internet of Things (IOT) based technology provides solutions in finding the quality water, and the distribution management. Thresholds of various parameters were considered in terms of hydrogen ions (pH), turbidity, temperature, water flow, dissolved oxygen and water conductivity and gaseous substances in water are checked collectively and any unacceptable levels are notified. All the values are observed with various sensors and processed through IOT platform controller. A smart meter for water consumption and billing, water leakage, efficient water distribution and proper motor control are managed with sensors. Monitoring and remotely accessing the water quality parameter supported by Wi-Fi enabled systems along with secure mobile application development.
The present invention provides a solution to the above mentioned problems by utilizing a plurality of water quality measuring sensors, digital flow meters, pressure sensors, flow cell assembly, motor-pumps, motorized valves, and a Battery Powered RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) with Solar/Grid Power Supply. The RTU collects the water flow parameters, water quality parameters, ground water level, water level in OHSR tanks, and water pressure at various nodes in the piped network and sends this data to the cloud. The RTU unit also controls the motor-pumps and the motorized valves, which can be activated from a centralized dashboard. The dashboard is designed according to DLMS standards and has GIS & SCADA integration.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
1) The principle object of present invention is to remotely measure the quantity of water supplied.
2) Another object of the present invention is to remotely measure the quality parameters of water supplied.
3) A further object of the present invention is to remotely measure the water pressure at source points, branch points and end points in the network.
4) A further object of the present invention is to detect bio-contamination in water supplied by remotely measuring the residual chlorine levels at all end points in water distribution network.
5) A further object of the present invention is to design a compact flow cell and water filling assemblies for the flow cell such that, the flow cell can operate in both inline and online modes on a piped network.
6) A further object of the present invention is to remotely calibrate the water quality measuring sensors over air.
7) A further object of the present invention is to remotely measure the ground water level in a bore well or tube well.

8) A further object of the present invention is to remotely control motorized pumping of water to overhead water storage reservoir.
9) A further object of the present invention is to remotely control motorized pumping of water from tube well to the water distribution network.
10) A further object of the present invention is to remotely measure the water level in overhead water storage reservoir (OHSR).
11) A further object of the present invention is to remotely control flow of water in the piped network through motorized valves.
12) A further object of the present invention is to remotely measure and analyze the power consumption trends and fault currents of the motor-pumps and motorized valves to detect early failure.
13) A further object of the present invention is to remotely measure temperature, RPM, torque, power factor, voltage, current of the motor-pumps and motorized valves to measure their efficiency remotely on real time.
14) A further object of the present invention is to remotely measure the mechanical vibrations generated by the motor-pumps and motorized valves to detect early mechanical failures.
15) A further object of the present invention is to remotely detect overloading conditions on motor-pumps and motorized valves.
16) A further object of the present invention is to transmit the above measured parameters in real time to an online gateway or cloud based server.
17) A further object of the present invention is to locally store the measured parameters in the RTU or gateway for upto 30 days in-case of communication blackout.
18) A further object of the present invention is to transmit the data over various communication networks like Lora Wan, WiFi, and GSM, NB-IOT, Bluetooth, and ZIGBEE.
19) A further object of the present invention is to design pluggable communication modules that can be inserted into the RTU, so that the RTU automatically detects and operates in that mode of communication.
20) A further object of the present invention is to design pluggable controller modules that can be inserted into the RTU, so that the RTU can operate with various types and architectures of microcontrollers.
21) A further object of the present invention is to automate the entire water supply network and water distribution network of a village or city or even a building.
22) A further object of the present invention is to view the real time water quantity and quality parameters data on an online dashboard.
23) A further object of the present invention is to remotely control the motor-pumps and motorized valves through an online dashboard.
24) A further object of the present invention is to remotely update the firmware of the RTU unit.
25) A further object of the present invention is to design a smart battery charging mechanism, which can accept solar, AC mains and RF energy harvesting, and charge the battery as well as monitor its temperature, and current drawn.
26) A further object of the present invention is to design a water proof enclosure in which the RTU unit is placed, and a remote alert generating mechanism is designed such that, when the enclosure is opened, remote alert is generated.
27) A further object of present invention is to perform analytics on the data received, and detects events like leakage, pipe burst, theft etc.
28) A further object of the present invention is to perform predictive analytics on the data and map out the consumption trends and anomalies.
29) A further object of the present invention is to design a centralized dashboard with end-to-end SCADA integration and complying with DLMS standards.
30) A further object of the present invention is to present Month Wise Water Distribution Status.
31) A further object of the present invention is to present Month Wise Water Duration Status.
32) A further object of the present invention is to present Month Wise Timelines vs Untimeliness.
30) A further object of the present invention is to present Area Wise Water Distribution Status.
31) A further object of the present invention is to present Area Wise Water Duration Status.
32) A further object of the present invention is to present Area Wise Timelines vs Untimeliness.
33) A further object of the present invention is to alert Flow Quantity Below the basic supply requirement.
34) A further object of the present invention is to alert when the pressure of water supply is below minimum residual pressure.
35) A further object of the present invention is to alert when the chlorine is below the permissible limit indicating possible biological contamination.
36) A further object of the present invention is to alert when the nitrate is above the permissible limit indicating possible chemical/fertilizer/night soil contamination.
37) A further object of the present invention is to alert when the pH is above or below the permissible range indicating acidity or alkalinity in the drinking water.
38) A further object of the present invention is to alert when the TDS is above the permissible limit indicating dissolved solids in the drinking water leading to hair fall and skin tanning.
39) A further object of the present invention is to alert when the Fluoride is above the permissible limit indicating fluorine contamination in the drinking water.
40) A further object of the present invention is to alert when the Turbidity is above the permissible limit indicating suspended material such as clay, silt, organic and inorganic matter, plankton in the drinking water.
41) A further object of the present invention is to present no. of times Flow Quantity Below the basic supply requirement in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade.
42) A further object of the present invention is to present no. of times when the pressure of water supply is below minimum residual pressure in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade.
43) A further object of the present invention is to present no. of times when the chlorine is below the permissible limit indicating possible biological contamination in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade.
44) A further object of the present invention is to present no. of times when the nitrate is above the permissible limit indicating possible chemical/fertilizer/night soil contamination in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade.
45) A further object of the present invention is to present no. of times when the pH is above or below the permissible range indicating acidity or alkalinity in the drinking water in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade.
46) A further object of the present invention is to present no. of times when the TDS is above the permissible limit indicating dissolved solids in the drinking water leading to hair fall and skin tanning in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade.
47) A further object of the present invention is to present no. of times when the Fluoride is above the permissible limit indicating fluorine contamination in the drinking water in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade.
48) A further object of the present invention is to present no. of times when the Turbidity is above the permissible limit indicating suspended material such as clay, silt, organic and inorganic matter, and plankton in the drinking water in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present disclosure relates to smart water monitoring and metering. More specifically, the present invention relates to water quality monitoring, water flow metering, and control of water pumping, and controlling flow of water in the piped network. The present invention is comprises of a multitude of sensors, motorized control valves, motor-pumps, flow cell constructions connected to RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) unit. This assembly of sensors and RTU unit forms a smart IOT node. These smart IOT nodes are placed at all the water source points, branching points, end consumer connection points and tail-end of the piped network.
The RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) unit has a PCB main board, a pluggable communication board, a pluggable memory board, a pluggable controller board, pluggable battery charge controller, a plurality of display units, and keypad. The RTU unit is placed inside a water proof enclosure.
The RTU unit collects the data from all the sensors, and sends this data to the cloud in real time. This data is processed through data analyzing algorithms and is displayed on a centralized dashboard. The water flow in the piped network is also controlled from the dashboard.
The RTU units have a modular construction with pluggable communication modules and storage modules. The RTU unit has the ability to remotely upgrade the firmware over the air.
The smart IOT nodes are placed at all the source points, branch points and at end consumer connections. This is shown in figure-1 These smart IOT nodes comprises of a plurality of water quality measuring sensors, digital flow meters, pressure sensors, improvised flow cell mechanisms, motorized valves, RTU unit, battery and charging systems.
A centralized online dashboard/software is deployed on cloud. All edge devices of the smart nodes that are deployed on the field are connected to this dashboard/software through cloud. The back-end of the dashboard/software handles the data received from the edge devices, automatically runs data filtering algorithms, automatically updates the databases, and runs advanced ML and AI algorithms to detect events like leakages, pipe bursts, theft, low pressure, water contamination and other such events. These advanced algorithms also generate trends for water quality parameters and water consumption trends, and generate alerts when the water quality parameters are beyond permissible limits. The front-end of the dashboard/software has a graphical user interface with a role based access. The real time data of a single device or group of devices, or devices deployed in an entire area can be viewed simultaneously. The location of the deployed devices and the routes of the water distribution network are display on a map format. The dashboard/software has GIS and SCADA integration, and also remotely controls the pumping of water, and flow of water in the distribution network through graphic user interface.
Thus this invention provides a solution to real time water quantity metering, water quality monitoring, and end to end water distribution automation through a single centralized dashboard.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING
FIG-1 shows overall solution and placement of smart IOT nodes and sensors at various points in the piped network.
FIG-2 shows the detailed setup of the smart IOT node placed at the source point of the water distribution system.
FIG-3 shows the detailed setup of the smart IOT node placed at the branching points of the water distribution system.
FIG-4 shows the detailed setup of the smart IOT node placed at the end consumer tap connection.
FIG-5 shows the technical architecture of the of the solution.

FIG-6 shows the online dashboard displaying the quality parameters and water flow statistics.
FIG-7 shows the online dashboard displaying daily trends of quality parameters and LPCD.
FIG-8 shows the online dashboard displaying the measured vs acceptable water quality parameters.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to to smart water monitoring and metering and remote water flow controlling. More specifically, the present invention relates to water quality monitoring, water flow metering, and control of water pumping, and controlling flow of water in the piped network. The present invention is comprises of a multitude of sensors, motorized control valves, motor-pumps, flow cell constructions connected to RTU unit to form a smart IOT node.
The block diagram of smart IOT nodes placed at the water source points like OHSR tanks or tube wells is shown is figure-2. It comprises of RTU unit (203), battery (204), charging system (205), an improvised flow cell (209), a plurality of water quality measuring sensors (210), bulk flow digital water meter (201), pressure sensor (202), ground water level sensor(208) and solar panel(206)
An improvised flow cell (209) is designed which can be placed inline or online configurations on the pipe. It has a top cap, a middle plate and a bottom cap. The flow cell assembly comprises of three solenoid valves, a draw pump and a digital flow meter. This assembly makes it possible for the flow cell unit to be installed in both inline and online configurations on the pipe. The draw pump aids in filling the flow cell when there is less pressure in the pipe. A small digital flow meter measures the quantity of water entering the flow cell (209) and the solenoids are turned off after a predetermined quantity is passed to the flow cell (209). The water fills into the bottom cup of the flow cell (209). The middle plate houses the water quality measuring sensors (210) such that their sensing elements are in contact with the water in the bottom cup. The top cap protects the sensors and forms a rigid enclosure for the sensors. The water quality sensors (210) are connected to the RTU unit (203), and their data is collected and stored in the RTU unit (203). This water quality data is also displayed on the display unit of the RTU (203) in real time.
A plurality of pressure sensors (202) are placed on the water pipe and its output is connected to the RTU (203). The RTU (203) collects the water pressure data and stores it locally. Pressure sensors are placed at various points of the pipe line like source point, branch points and end-points of the water distribution network.
The RTU (203) has a socket in which a pluggable communication board can be inserted. The pluggable communication modules are designed such that, they cause a change of voltage on the bus detect pins of the RTU connector socket. Separate pluggable communication modules are designed for various communication networks like Lora Wan, GSM, WiFi, BLE, ZIGBEE, etc. Pluggable communication modules of each type of communication causes a specific preprogrammed change of voltage on the bus detect pins. The RTU detects this event through voltage changes on its bus detect pins, and detects the type of communication module that is plugged in, and operates on that communication network.
The water quantity and flow rate are measured by a digital bulk flow meter (201) that is placed on the pipe. The output of the digital bulk flow meter (201) is connected to the RTU (203). The RTU (203) measures the flow rate and quantity of water and stores it locally. The RTU (203) also transmits this real time data to the cloud.
Similar to the smart IOT nodes placed at the source points, smart IOT nodes are also placed at all the branching points, all end consumer connections and tail end of the network. This setup is shown in figure-1. the smart IOT node (102) is placed at the water source point (101), a plurality of motorized valves (103) are placed at source points, branching points and end consumer connection points. The smart IOT nodes are placed at all branching points and at all end consumer connection points (104). A smart IOT node placed at the end tail (105) of the network measures the pressure and residual chlorine. This data is used to determine the pressure loss, and bio-contamination of water in the network. All the smart IOT nodes transmit the data to the cloud (106). Data filtering and data analytics are performed and the real time data is displayed on a centralized dashboard (107), from where the water flow and water pumping are also remotely controlled.
The block diagram of a smart IOT node at branching points of a piped network is shown in figure-3. A plurality of digital bulk flow meters (301) are placed on all branches, and a plurality of pressure sensors (302) are placed on all the branches. The data from these sensors are read by the RTU unit (303), and are stored locally. Data from these RTU units are transmitted to the cloud on real time. The RTU unit (303), battery (304), charging system (305) and other critical components are placed in a rigid water proof shell (307). A solar panel (306) provides power to the smart IOT node. The battery charging system (305) regulates power from the solar panel (306) and charges the battery (304).
The block diagram of a smart IOT node at end consumer connection points of a piped network is shown in figure-4. A plurality of digital flow meters (401) are placed on all the taps (408), and a pressure sensor (402) is placed on end consumer connection point. A residual Chlorine measuring sensor (406) is placed in inline or online configuration over the end consumer connection point. A plurality of solenoids (405) is controlled by the RTU (403), and periodically maintains fresh water sample at the sensing element of the chlorine sensor (406). The data from these sensors are read by the RTU unit (403), and are stored locally. Data from these RTU units are transmitted to the cloud on real time. The RTU unit (403), battery (404), charging system, residual chlorine sensor (406), and other critical components are placed in a rigid water proof shell (407).
This real time water flow data, quantity data, quality parameter data, pressure data is transmitted from the RTU to the cloud through wireless network, Where the data is displayed on the dashboard and data analytics are done on the data to detect events like leaks, pipe bursts, water theft, consumption trends and water quality analysis.
The motor-pumps used for pumping the water into the overhead storage reservoir (OHSR), and motor pumps used for pumping water from tube wells into the distribution network are remotely controlled from the RTU through an electromagnetic contactor. Water level sensors placed in the overhead storage reservoir (OHSR), and ground water level sensors are placed in the tube wells, and are connected to the RTU which measures the water level and transmits this data to the cloud, and raise alerts when water level is low. The RTU can also take appropriate action by filling the overhead storage reservoir (OHSR) when the water level is low or turnoff the motor-pumps when water level is full. This eliminates manual intervention for turning on or turning off the pumps.
The water flow in the piped network is controlled by a plurality of motorized valves placed at various source nodes, branch nodes and end user connections. These motorized valves are connected to the RTU and controlled by the RTU. Thus these motorized valves are remotely operated from the dashboard through RTU. This eliminates manual intervention for opening or closing of water flow.
The RTU comprises of a plurality of small sealed current transformers, and hall effect current sensors, that monitor the current drawn by the motor-pumps and motorized valves. The RTU also measures the phase voltages that are supplied to the motor-pumps and motorized valves. The RTU then calculates the power factor and power drawn, and sends this data to the cloud. A vibration sensor and a temperature sensor are physically connected to the motor-pumps and motorized valves. A contactless odometer and a contactless temperature sensor are used to calculate RPM of the motor-pump and temperature of the motor. This data is send to the cloud from the RTU, where data analytics are performed and torque, efficiency ; early pre mature motor failure and motor fault conditions are detected.
The above collected water quantity and quality parameters by the RTU are sent to the cloud in real time and data analytics are performed on this data and water consumption trends, leaks, pipe bursts, water theft, water contamination, water quality are determined in real time and are displayed on the dashboard. The technical architecture of the solution is shown in figure-5.
Thus the entire piped water supply network and entire piped water distribution network of a village or a city or even a residential building are automated to run without any manual intervention from a single dashboard, where water flow is controlled and measured, and water quality is monitored.
The centralized online dashboard or software is deployed on cloud, and can be accessed from anywhere. The dashboard has a role based user access. The features, layout and functionality of the dashboard or software vary with the type of user that is logged in. Both the front-end and back-end of the dashboard are cloud based. The front-end UI is designed to be viewed in both desktop mode and mobile mode. The back-end of the software/dashboard comprises of data inserting API’s, databases, auto running code scripts, data analyzing algorithms, data sorting and error detecting algorithms.
Multiple sensors, meters, control valves and pumps that are deployed can be grouped under a user, or a building, or a street/village/city. By utilizing geo-tagging, the location of the deployed sensors, meters, control valves, and pumps are traced out by the software on the map, and flow routes are traced out by the software by processing the existing water network map. This process generates the map view of the deployed solution, which helps the user in better understanding the water network flow, problem areas and eases the locating and maintenance of the problem areas.
From this dashboard/software, the water flow to the entire network or a section of a network, or even a household tap can be remotely controlled. The real time water level of an OHSR, real time ground water level is shown in the dashboard/software, and motor-pumps are also remotely controlled from it.
Data from the edge devices are sending to the cloud through REST API’s. Data is send through various methods including and not limited to HTTPS POST, MQTTS. Data from edge device is send through secure TLS encryption. When the API’s receive the data, the data is passed through the filtering algorithms and any format errors, erroneous data are filtered out. The data is then stored in a database. Data analytics are done on this data, using advanced ML and AI algorithms and events like water leakages, pipe bursts, low pressures, water contamination and so on. The dashboard/software is capable of locating the section in which leakages, pipe burst, low pressures, and contamination is occurring, and instantly alerts the user, authorities and maintenance teams.
The dashboard/software can show the real time water flow, real time water quality and real time water pressures in the water distribution network. The dashboard/software is capable of showing real time data from multiple sensors and meters simultaneously. This allows user to visually see data from multiple deployments on a global scale as shown in figure-7.
Acceptable upper and lower limits can be set for the water parameters including but not limited to flow rate, quantity, LPCD, pressure, TDS, pH, Turbidity, Chlorine, Nitrate, Arsenic, fluoride and other such parameters through the dashboard/software, and the dashboard/software is capable of detecting when water parameters are beyond these set limits, and issue automatic alerts. The dashboard/software also generates periodic graphs indicating the trends of the water parameters and respective upper and lower limits as shown in figure-6.
The dashboard/software can calculate area wise, daily wise, monthly wise and yearly wise water distribution status and water distribution timings. It can determine the un-timeliness in water distribution. The dashboard/software generates alerts when there is low pressure or low water quantity supplied. It can also analyze large amounts of sensor data, and generate trends and number of times parameters are over permissible limits for over a week, fortnight, month, year, season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade. Advanced prediction algorithms process these trends and predict future consumption patterns.
The dashboard/software has GIS and SCADA integration, which helps in optimizing the water distribution network and also remotely controls the pumping of water, and remotely controls the flow of water in all the segments of the distribution network through an easy to use graphic user interface.
A method of the present invention, the method comprising the steps of
1) A Measuring the quality parameters of water supplied remotely ;
2) A measuring the water pressure at source points, branch points and end points in the network remotely;
3) A detecting bio-contamination in water supplied by remotely measuring the residual chlorine levels at all end points in water distribution network;
4) A designing a compact flow cell and water filling assemblies for the flow cell such that, the flow cell can operate in both inline and online modes on a piped network;
5) A calibrating the water quality measuring sensors over air remotely;
6) A measuring the ground water level in a bore well or tube well remotely;
7) A controlling motorized pumping of water to and from overhead water storage reservoir remotely;
8) A controlling motorized pumping of water from tube well to the water distribution network remotely;
9) a measuring the water level in overhead water storage reservoir (OHSR)remotely ;
10) a controlling flow of water in the piped network through motorized valves remotely;
11) a measuring and analyze the power consumption trends and fault currents of the motor-pumps and motorized valves to detect early failure remotely;
12) A measuring temperature, rpm, torque, power factor, voltage, current of the motor-pumps and motorized valves to measure their efficiency remotely on real time remotely;
13) A measuring the mechanical vibrations generated by the motor-pumps and motorized valves to detect early mechanical failures remotely;
14) A detecting overloading conditions on motor-pumps and motorized valves remotely;
15) A transmitting the above measured parameters in real time to an online gateway or cloud based server;
16) A locally storing the measured parameters in the RTU or gateway for up to 30 days in-case of communication blackout;
17) A transmitting the data over various communication networks like Lora Wan, WiFi, and GSM, NB-IOT, Bluetooth, and ZIGBEE;
18) A designing pluggable communication modules that can be inserted into the RTU, so that the RTU automatically detects and operates in that mode of communication;
19) A designing pluggable controller modules that can be inserted into the RTU, so that the RTU can operate with various types and architectures of microcontrollers;
20) A automating the entire water supply network and water distribution network of a village or city or even a building;
21) An viewing the real time water quantity and quality parameters data on an online dashboard;
22) A controlling the motor-pumps and motorized valves through an online dashboard remotely;
23) An updating the firmware of the RTU unit remotely;
24) A designing a smart battery charging mechanism, which can accept solar, AC mains and RF energy harvesting, and charge the battery as well as monitor its temperature, and current drawn;
25) A designing a water proof enclosure in which the RTU unit is placed, and a remote alert generating mechanism is designed such that, when the enclosure is opened, remote alert is generated;
26) A performing analytics on the data received, and detects events like leakage, pipe burst, theft so on;
27) A performing predictive analytics on the data and map out the consumption trends and anomalies;
28) A designing a centralized dashboard with end-to-end SCADA integration and complying with DLMS standards;
29) A presenting Month Wise Water Distribution Status;
30) A presenting Month Wise Timelines vs Untimeliness;
31) A present Area Wise Water Duration Status;
32) An alerting Flow Quantity Below the basic supply requirement;
33) An alerting when the pressure of water supply is below minimum residual pressure;
34) An alerting when the chlorine is below the permissible limit indicating possible biological contamination;
35) An alerting when the nitrate is above the permissible limit indicating possible chemical/fertilizer/night soil contamination;
36) An alerting when the pH is above or below the permissible range indicating acidity or alkalinity in the drinking water;
37) An alerting when the TDS is above the permissible limit indicating dissolved solids in the drinking water leading to hair fall and skin tanning;
38) An alerting when the Fluoride is above the permissible limit indicating fluorine contamination in the drinking water;
39) An alerting when the Turbidity is above the permissible limit indicating suspended material such as clay, silt, organic and inorganic matter, plankton in the drinking water;
40) A presenting no. of times Flow Quantity Below the basic supply requirement in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
41) A presenting no. of times when the pressure of water supply is below minimum residual pressure in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
42) A presenting no. of times when the chlorine is below the permissible limit indicating possible biological contamination in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
43) A presenting no. of times when the nitrate is above the permissible limit indicating possible chemical/fertilizer/night soil contamination in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
44) A presenting no. of times when the pH is above or below the permissible range indicating acidity or alkalinity in the drinking water in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
45) A presenting no. of times when the TDS is above the permissible limit indicating dissolved solids in the drinking water leading to hair fall and skin tanning in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
46) A presenting no. of times when the Fluoride is above the permissible limit indicating fluorine contamination in the drinking water in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
47) A presenting no. of times when the Turbidity is above the permissible limit indicating suspended material such as clay, silt, organic and inorganic matter, and plankton in the drinking water in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade.

CLAIMS:
We claim
1. The present invention is an IOT Based on Water Supply Quantity, Pressure, Quality Monitoring, Unmanned Metering and Remote Valve Controlling a system comprising:
A plurality of sensors;
i. A pressure sensor;
ii. A chlorine sensor;
iii. A nitrate sensor;
iv. A pH sensor;
v. A TDS sensor;
vi. A fluoride sensor;
vii. A turbidity sensor;
viii. A hardness sensor;
ix. A Salinity sensor;
x. A Tank Water level sensor;
xi. A Groundwater level sensor;
Wherein, a motorized control valves, a motor pumps, and an improvised flow cell constructions are connected to a RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) unit and this assembly of sensors and RTU unit forms a Smart IOT node;
Wherein, these Smart IOT nodes are placed at all the water supply locations, including source points, branching points, end consumer connection points, and the piped network’s tail-end;
Wherein, these smart IOT nodes comprises a plurality of water quality measuring sensors, a digital flow meters, a pressure sensors, the improvised flow cell mechanisms, the motorized control valves, the RTU unit, a battery and a charging systems;
Wherein, the smart IOT nodes are placed at the water supply outlet points like OHSR tanks or tube wells;
Wherein, the RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) unit has a PCB main board, a pluggable communication board, a pluggable memory board, a pluggable controller board, a pluggable battery charge controller, a plurality of display units, a keypad and the RTU unit is placed inside a waterproof enclosure;
Wherein, the RTU unit collects the data from all the sensors and sends this data to the cloud in real-time, wherein this data is processed through data analyzing algorithms and is displayed on a centralized dashboard, and the water flow in the piped network is also controlled from the dashboard;
Wherein, the RTU units have a modular construction with the pluggable communication modules and the storage modules, and the RTU unit can remotely upgrade the firmware over the air;
Wherein, the improvised flow cell (209) is designed which can be placed inline or online configurations on the pipe, wherein it has a top cap, a middle plate and a bottom cap; wherein, the improvised flow cell (209) assembly comprises three solenoid valves, the drawing pump and the digital flow meter;
Wherein, the Vibration and temperature sensors are connected to the motor pumps and the motorized valves, wherein, a contactless odometer and a contactless temperature sensor are used to calculate the RPM of the motor pump and temperature of the motor; wherein, this data is sent to the cloud from the RTU, where data analytics are performed, and torque, efficiency, early premature motor failure and motor fault conditions are detected;
Wherein, a front-end and a back-end of the dashboard are cloud-based.
2. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RTU unit can remotely upgrade the firmware over the air.

3. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said smart node is comprised of the RTU unit (203), the battery (204), the charging system (205), the improvised flow cell (209), the plurality of water quality measuring sensors (210), a bulk flow digital water meter(201), the pressure sensor(202), the groundwater level sensor(208) and a solar panel(206).

4. The present invention is as claimed in claim 1, wherein the improvised flow cell (209) assembly makes it possible for the flow cell unit to be installed in both inline and online configurations on the pipe, and the drawing pump aids in filling the flow cell when there is less pressure in the line.

5. The present invention is claimed in claim 4, wherein the small digital flow meter measures the quantity of water entering the flow cell (209), and the solenoids are turned off after a predetermined amount is passed to the flow cell (209).

6. The present invention is as claimed in claim 4, wherein the water fills the bottom cup of the flow cell (209) and the middle plate houses the water quality measuring sensors (210) such that their sensing elements are in contact with the water in the bottom cup and the top cap protects the sensors and forms a rigid enclosure for sensors.

7. The present invention is as claimed in claim 1, wherein the water quality sensors (210) are connected to the RTU unit (203) and their data is collected and stored in the RTU unit (203), wherein this water quality data is also displayed on the display unit of the RTU (203) in real-time.

8. The present invention is claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of pressure sensors (202) is placed at various points of the pipeline like source points, branch points and endpoints of the water distribution network, and its output is connected to the RTU (203). The RTU (203) collects and stores the water pressure data locally.

9. The present invention is as claimed in claim 3, wherein the RTU (203) has a socket in which the pluggable communication board can be inserted and the pluggable communication modules are designed to cause a voltage change on the bus to detect the RTU connector socket pins and Separate pluggable communication modules are designed for communication networks like Lora Wan, GSM, WiFi, BLE, and ZIGBEE.

10. The present invention is claimed in claim 9, wherein the Pluggable communication modules of each type of communication cause a specific preprogrammed voltage change on the bus to detect pins and the RTU detects this event through voltage changes on its bus to detect pins and detects the type of communication module that is plugged in and operates on that communication network.

11. The present invention is as claimed in claim 1, wherein the water quantity and flow rate are measured by the digital bulk flow meter (201) placed on the pipe, and the output of the digital bulk flow meter (201) is connected to the RTU (203), and the RTU (203) measures the flow rate and quantity of water and stores it locally, and the RTU (203) also transmits this real-time data to the cloud.

12. The present invention is as claimed in claim 1, wherein the smart IOT node (102) is placed at the water source point (101), all branching points, and at all ends, consumer connection points (104) and a plurality of motorized valves (103) are placed at source points, branching issues and end consumer connection points (104) and motorized valves (103) are connected to this smart IOT node, wherein, the smart IOT nodes control the flow of water in the piped network by opening or closing the motorized valves.

13. The present invention is as claimed in claim1, wherein the smart IOT node placed at the end tail (105) of the network measures the pressure and the residual chlorine and this data is used to determine the pressure loss and bio-contamination of water in the network and all the smart IOT nodes transmit the data to the cloud (106).

14. The present invention is claimed in claim 1, wherein data filtering and analytics are performed, and the real-time data is displayed on a centralized dashboard (107), where the water flow and pumping are remotely controlled.

15. The present invention is claimed in claim1, wherein the plurality of digital bulk flow meters (301) is placed on all source points, branches, and the plurality of pressure sensors (302) is placed on all the source points, components, and end tail points, and the data from these sensors are read by the RTU unit (303) and are stored locally, and the Data from these RTU units are transmitted to the cloud in real-time.

16. The present invention is claimed in claim 1, wherein the RTU unit (303), the battery (304), the charging system (305) and other critical components are placed in a rigid waterproof shell (307).

17. The present invention is claimed in claim 16, wherein the solar panel (306) provides power to the smart IOT node, and the battery charging system (305) regulates energy from the solar panel (306) and charges the battery (304).

18. The present invention is claimed in claim 15, wherein the plurality of digital flow meters (401) is placed on all the taps (408), and a pressure sensor (402) is placed on the end consumer connection point.

19. The present invention, as claimed in claim 15, wherein the residual Chlorine measuring sensor (406) is placed in inline or online configuration over the end consumer connection point.

20. The present invention is claimed in claim 4, wherein a plurality of solenoids (405) is controlled by the RTU (403) and periodically maintains freshwater samples at the sensing element of the chlorine sensor (406) and the data from these sensors are read by the RTU unit (403) and are stored locally, and the data from these RTU units are transmitted to the cloud in real-time.

21. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein this real-time water flow data, the quantity data, the quality parameter data, and the pressure data are transmitted from the RTU to the cloud through a wireless network, where the data is displayed on the dashboard and data analytics are done on the data to detect events like leaks, pipe bursts, water theft, consumption trends and water quality analysis.

22. The present invention is as claimed in claim 1, wherein the motor pumps used for pumping the water into the overhead storage reservoir (OHSR) and the motor pumps used for pumping water from tube wells into the distribution network are remotely controlled from the RTU through an electromagnetic contactor.

23. The present invention is as claimed in claim 1, wherein the water level sensors are placed in the overhead storage reservoir (OHSR) and the groundwater level sensors are placed in the tube wells and are connected to the RTU, which measures the water level, transmits this data to the cloud, and raises alerts when the water level is low.

24. The present invention, as claimed in claim 23, wherein the RTU can also take appropriate action by filling the overhead storage reservoir (OHSR) when the water level is low or turning off the motor pumps when the water level is full, and this eliminates manual intervention for turning on or turning off the pumps.

25. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the water flow in the piped network is controlled by the plurality of motorized valves placed at various source nodes, the branch nodes and the end user connections and these motorized valves are connected to the RTU and controlled by the RTU and thus, these motorized valves are remotely operated from the dashboard through RTU, eliminating manual intervention for opening or closing water flow.

26. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RTU comprises a plurality of small sealed current transformers and hall effect current sensors that monitor the current drawn by the motor pumps and the motorized valves.

27. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RTU also measures the phase voltages supplied to the motor pumps and the motorized valves, and the RTU then calculates the power factor and power drawn and sends this data to the cloud.

28. The present invention, as claimed in claim27, wherein the RTU's collected water quantity and quality parameters are sent to the cloud in real-time and data analytics are performed on this data, and water consumption trends, leaks, pipe bursts, water theft, water contamination, and water quality is determined in real-time and are displayed on the dashboard.

29. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the centralized online dashboard is deployed on the cloud and can be accessed from anywhere and the dashboard has role-based user access, and the features, layout and functionality of the dashboard vary with the type of user logged in and the front-end UI is designed to be viewed in desktop and mobile modes and the back end of the dashboard comprises data inserting APIs, databases, auto-running code scripts, data analyzing algorithms, data sorting, and error detecting algorithms.

30. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors, the meters, the control valves, and the pumps that are deployed can be grouped under a user or a building, or a street/village/city and by utilizing geo-tagging, the location of the deployed sensors, meters, control valves, and pumps are traced out by the software on the map and the software traces outflow routes by processing the existing water network map and this process generates the map view of the deployed solution, which helps the user better understand the water network flow and problem areas and ease the locating and maintaining of the problem areas.

31. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein from this dashboard, the water flow to the entire network or a section of a network, or even a household tap can be remotely controlled and the real-time water level of an OHSR and groundwater level are shown on the dashboard, and the motor pumps are remotely controlled from it.

32. The present invention is claimed in claim 31, wherein the data from the edge devices are sent to the cloud through REST API and the data is sent through various methods, including and not limited to HTTPS POST and MQTTS, and the data from the edge device is transmitted through secure TLS encryption and When the APIs receive the data, the data is passed through the filtering algorithms, and any format errors and erroneous data are filtered out and The information is then stored in a database and the data analytics are done on this data, using advanced ML and AI algorithms and events like water leakages, pipe bursts, low pressures, water contamination and so on, wherein the dashboard can locate the section in which leakages, pipe burst, low pressures, and contamination is occurring, and instantly alerts the user, authorities, and maintenance teams.

33. The present invention, as claimed in claim1, wherein the dashboard can show the real-time water flow, real-time water quality and real-time water pressures in the water distribution network, and the dashboard can deliver real-time data from multiple sensors and meters simultaneously, and this allows user to see data from multiple deployments on a global scale visually.

34. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein acceptable upper and lower limits can be set for the water parameters including but not limited to flow rate, quantity, LPCD, pressure, TDS, pH, Turbidity, Chlorine, Nitrate, Arsenic, fluoride, Hardness, Salinity and other such parameters through the dashboard, and the dashboard is capable of detecting when water parameters are beyond these set limits and issue automatic alerts, and the dashboard also generates periodic graphs indicating the trends of the water parameters and respective upper and lower limits.

35. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dashboard can calculate area wise, daily wise, monthly intelligent and yearly smart water distribution status and water distribution timings, wherein it can determine the un-timeliness in water distribution and the dashboard generates alerts when there is low pressure or low water quantity supplied, and it can also analyses large amounts of sensor data and generate trends, and the number of times parameters are over permissible limits for over a week, fortnight, month, year, season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade and advanced prediction algorithms process these trends and predict future consumption patterns.

36. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dashboard has GIS and SCADA integration, which helps in optimizing the water distribution network and remotely controls the pumping of water, and remotely controls the flow of water in all the segments of the distribution network through an easy-to-use graphic user interface.

37. A method of the present invention, the method comprising the steps of :
- Measuring the quantity of water supplied remotely;
- Measuring the quality parameters of water supplied remotely ;
- measuring the water pressure at source points, branch points and endpoints in the network remotely;
- detecting bio-contamination in water supplied by remotely measuring the residual chlorine levels at all endpoints in the water distribution network;
- compacting flow cell and water filling assemblies designed for the flow cell such that the flow cell can operate in both inline and online modes on a piped network;
- calibrating the water quality measuring sensors over air remotely;
- measuring the groundwater level in a bore well or tube well remotely;
- controlling motorized pumping of water to and from overhead water storage reservoir remotely;
- controlling motorized pumping of water from a tube well to the water distribution network remotely;
- measuring the water level in the overhead water storage reservoir (OHSR) remotely ;
- controlling flow of water in the piped network through motorized valves remotely;
- measuring and analysis of the power consumption trends and fault currents of the motor pumps and motorized valves to detect early failure remotely;
- measuring temperature, rpm, torque, power factor, voltage, and current of the motor pumps and motorized valves to measure their efficiency remotely in real-time;
- measuring the mechanical vibrations generated by the motor pumps and motorized valves to detect early mechanical failures remotely;
- detecting overloading conditions on motor pumps and motorized valves remotely;
- transmitting the above-measured parameters in real-time to an online gateway or cloud-based server;
- locally storing the measured parameters in the RTU or gateway for up to 30 days in case of communication blackout;
- transmitting the data over various communication networks like LoRa Wan, WiFi, GSM, NB-IOT, Bluetooth, and ZIGBEE;
- pluggable communication module designed that can be inserted into the RTU so that the RTU automatically detects and operates in that mode of communication;
- pluggable controller module designed that can be inserted into the RTU so that the RTU can operate with various types and architectures of microcontrollers;
- automating the entire water supply network and water distribution network of a village or city, or even a building;
- viewing the real-time water quantity and quality parameters data on an online dashboard;
- controlling the motor pumps and motorized valves through an online dashboard remotely;
- updating the firmware of the RTU unit remotely;
- smart battery charging mechanism is designed which can accept solar, AC mains and RF energy harvesting and charge the battery as well as monitor its temperature and current drawn;
- waterproof enclosure is designed in which the RTU unit is placed, and a remote alert generating mechanism is created such that, when the chamber is opened, the remote signal is generated;
- performing analytics on the data received and detects events like leakage, pipe burst, theft so on;
- performing predictive analytics on the data and mapping out the consumption trends and anomalies;
- centralizing dashboard with end-to-end SCADA integration and complying with DLMS standards;
- presenting Month Wise Water Distribution Status;
- presenting Month Wise Timelines vs Untimeliness;
- present Area Wise Water Duration Status;
- alerting Flow Quantity Below the basic supply requirement;
- alerting when the pressure of water supply is below minimum residual pressure;
- alerting when the chlorine is below the permissible limit indicating possible biological contamination;
- alerting when the nitrate is above the permissible limit indicating possible chemical/fertilizer/night soil contamination;
- alerting when the pH is above or below the permissible range indicating acidity or alkalinity in the drinking water;
- alerting when the TDS is above the permissible limit indicating dissolved solids in the drinking water leading to hair fall and skin tanning;
- alerting when the Fluoride is above the permissible limit indicating fluorine contamination in the drinking water;
- alerting when the Turbidity is above the permissible limit indicating suspended material such as clay, silt, organic and inorganic matter, plankton in the drinking water;
- presenting no. of times Flow Quantity Below the basic supply requirement in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
- presenting no. of times when the pressure of water supply is below minimum residual pressure in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
- presenting no. of times when the chlorine is below the permissible limit indicating possible biological contamination in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
- presenting no. of times when the nitrate is above the permissible limit indicating possible chemical/fertilizer/night soil contamination in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
- presenting no. of times when the pH is above or below the permissible range indicating acidity or alkalinity in the drinking water in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
- presenting no. of times when the TDS is above the permissible limit indicating dissolved solids in the drinking water leading to hair fall and skin tanning in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
- presenting no. of times when the Fluoride is above the permissible limit indicating fluorine contamination in the drinking water in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
- presenting no. of times when the Turbidity is above the permissible limit indicating suspended material such as clay, silt, organic and inorganic matter, and plankton in the drinking water in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade.
Dated this 25th day of July, 2022

For ILONNATI INNOVATIONS PVT.LTD
Director Signature’s

ABSTRACT
SMART IDEAL WATER MANAGEMENT
The present invention relates to to smart water monitoring and metering and remote water flow controlling. More specifically, the present invention relates to water quality monitoring, water flow metering, and control of water pumping, and controlling flow of water in the piped network. The present invention is comprises of a multitude of sensors, motorized control valves, motor-pumps, flow cell constructions connected to RTU unit to form a smart IOT node.
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Dated this 25th day of July, 2022

For ILONNATI INNOVATIONS PVT.LTD
Director Signature’s

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERALS
101-- Water source point
102--- Smart IOT node
103--- Plurality of motorized valves
104--- End consumer connection points
105--- End tail
106--- Cloud
107--- Centralized dashboard
201--Bulk flow digital water meter
202-- Pressure sensor
203-- RTU unit
204-- Battery
205-- Charging system
206-- Solar panel
207--rigid water proof shell
208-- Ground water level sensor
209-- Flow cell
210-- Water quality sensors
301-- Plurality of digital bulk flow meters
302-- Plurality of pressure sensors
303--RTU
304-- Charges the battery
305-- Battery charging system
306-- Solar panel
307--rigid water proof shell
401-- Plurality of digital flow meters
402-- Pressure sensor
403--RTU
404--Battery
405-- Plurality of solenoids
406- Residual Chlorine measuring sensor
407- Rigid water proof shell
408- Taps

Dated this 25 th day of July, 2022

For ILONNATI INNOVATIONS PVT.LTD
Director Signature’s

,CLAIMS:CLAIMS:
We claim
1. The present invention is an IOT Based on Water Supply Quantity, Pressure, Quality Monitoring, Unmanned Metering and Remote Valve Controlling a system comprising:
A plurality of sensors;
i. A pressure sensor;
ii. A chlorine sensor;
iii. A nitrate sensor;
iv. A pH sensor;
v. A TDS sensor;
vi. A fluoride sensor;
vii. A turbidity sensor;
viii. A hardness sensor;
ix. A Salinity sensor;
x. A Tank Water level sensor;
xi. A Groundwater level sensor;
Wherein, a motorized control valves, a motor pumps, and an improvised flow cell constructions are connected to a RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) unit and this assembly of sensors and RTU unit forms a Smart IOT node;
Wherein, these Smart IOT nodes are placed at all the water supply locations, including source points, branching points, end consumer connection points, and the piped network’s tail-end;
Wherein, these smart IOT nodes comprises a plurality of water quality measuring sensors, a digital flow meters, a pressure sensors, the improvised flow cell mechanisms, the motorized control valves, the RTU unit, a battery and a charging systems;
Wherein, the smart IOT nodes are placed at the water supply outlet points like OHSR tanks or tube wells;
Wherein, the RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) unit has a PCB main board, a pluggable communication board, a pluggable memory board, a pluggable controller board, a pluggable battery charge controller, a plurality of display units, a keypad and the RTU unit is placed inside a waterproof enclosure;
Wherein, the RTU unit collects the data from all the sensors and sends this data to the cloud in real-time, wherein this data is processed through data analyzing algorithms and is displayed on a centralized dashboard, and the water flow in the piped network is also controlled from the dashboard;
Wherein, the RTU units have a modular construction with the pluggable communication modules and the storage modules, and the RTU unit can remotely upgrade the firmware over the air;
Wherein, the improvised flow cell (209) is designed which can be placed inline or online configurations on the pipe, wherein it has a top cap, a middle plate and a bottom cap; wherein, the improvised flow cell (209) assembly comprises three solenoid valves, the drawing pump and the digital flow meter;
Wherein, the Vibration and temperature sensors are connected to the motor pumps and the motorized valves, wherein, a contactless odometer and a contactless temperature sensor are used to calculate the RPM of the motor pump and temperature of the motor; wherein, this data is sent to the cloud from the RTU, where data analytics are performed, and torque, efficiency, early premature motor failure and motor fault conditions are detected;
Wherein, a front-end and a back-end of the dashboard are cloud-based.
2. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RTU unit can remotely upgrade the firmware over the air.

3. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said smart node is comprised of the RTU unit (203), the battery (204), the charging system (205), the improvised flow cell (209), the plurality of water quality measuring sensors (210), a bulk flow digital water meter(201), the pressure sensor(202), the groundwater level sensor(208) and a solar panel(206).

4. The present invention is as claimed in claim 1, wherein the improvised flow cell (209) assembly makes it possible for the flow cell unit to be installed in both inline and online configurations on the pipe, and the drawing pump aids in filling the flow cell when there is less pressure in the line.

5. The present invention is claimed in claim 4, wherein the small digital flow meter measures the quantity of water entering the flow cell (209), and the solenoids are turned off after a predetermined amount is passed to the flow cell (209).

6. The present invention is as claimed in claim 4, wherein the water fills the bottom cup of the flow cell (209) and the middle plate houses the water quality measuring sensors (210) such that their sensing elements are in contact with the water in the bottom cup and the top cap protects the sensors and forms a rigid enclosure for sensors.

7. The present invention is as claimed in claim 1, wherein the water quality sensors (210) are connected to the RTU unit (203) and their data is collected and stored in the RTU unit (203), wherein this water quality data is also displayed on the display unit of the RTU (203) in real-time.

8. The present invention is claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of pressure sensors (202) is placed at various points of the pipeline like source points, branch points and endpoints of the water distribution network, and its output is connected to the RTU (203). The RTU (203) collects and stores the water pressure data locally.

9. The present invention is as claimed in claim 3, wherein the RTU (203) has a socket in which the pluggable communication board can be inserted and the pluggable communication modules are designed to cause a voltage change on the bus to detect the RTU connector socket pins and Separate pluggable communication modules are designed for communication networks like Lora Wan, GSM, WiFi, BLE, and ZIGBEE.

10. The present invention is claimed in claim 9, wherein the Pluggable communication modules of each type of communication cause a specific preprogrammed voltage change on the bus to detect pins and the RTU detects this event through voltage changes on its bus to detect pins and detects the type of communication module that is plugged in and operates on that communication network.

11. The present invention is as claimed in claim 1, wherein the water quantity and flow rate are measured by the digital bulk flow meter (201) placed on the pipe, and the output of the digital bulk flow meter (201) is connected to the RTU (203), and the RTU (203) measures the flow rate and quantity of water and stores it locally, and the RTU (203) also transmits this real-time data to the cloud.

12. The present invention is as claimed in claim 1, wherein the smart IOT node (102) is placed at the water source point (101), all branching points, and at all ends, consumer connection points (104) and a plurality of motorized valves (103) are placed at source points, branching issues and end consumer connection points (104) and motorized valves (103) are connected to this smart IOT node, wherein, the smart IOT nodes control the flow of water in the piped network by opening or closing the motorized valves.

13. The present invention is as claimed in claim1, wherein the smart IOT node placed at the end tail (105) of the network measures the pressure and the residual chlorine and this data is used to determine the pressure loss and bio-contamination of water in the network and all the smart IOT nodes transmit the data to the cloud (106).

14. The present invention is claimed in claim 1, wherein data filtering and analytics are performed, and the real-time data is displayed on a centralized dashboard (107), where the water flow and pumping are remotely controlled.

15. The present invention is claimed in claim1, wherein the plurality of digital bulk flow meters (301) is placed on all source points, branches, and the plurality of pressure sensors (302) is placed on all the source points, components, and end tail points, and the data from these sensors are read by the RTU unit (303) and are stored locally, and the Data from these RTU units are transmitted to the cloud in real-time.

16. The present invention is claimed in claim 1, wherein the RTU unit (303), the battery (304), the charging system (305) and other critical components are placed in a rigid waterproof shell (307).

17. The present invention is claimed in claim 16, wherein the solar panel (306) provides power to the smart IOT node, and the battery charging system (305) regulates energy from the solar panel (306) and charges the battery (304).

18. The present invention is claimed in claim 15, wherein the plurality of digital flow meters (401) is placed on all the taps (408), and a pressure sensor (402) is placed on the end consumer connection point.

19. The present invention, as claimed in claim 15, wherein the residual Chlorine measuring sensor (406) is placed in inline or online configuration over the end consumer connection point.

20. The present invention is claimed in claim 4, wherein a plurality of solenoids (405) is controlled by the RTU (403) and periodically maintains freshwater samples at the sensing element of the chlorine sensor (406) and the data from these sensors are read by the RTU unit (403) and are stored locally, and the data from these RTU units are transmitted to the cloud in real-time.

21. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein this real-time water flow data, the quantity data, the quality parameter data, and the pressure data are transmitted from the RTU to the cloud through a wireless network, where the data is displayed on the dashboard and data analytics are done on the data to detect events like leaks, pipe bursts, water theft, consumption trends and water quality analysis.

22. The present invention is as claimed in claim 1, wherein the motor pumps used for pumping the water into the overhead storage reservoir (OHSR) and the motor pumps used for pumping water from tube wells into the distribution network are remotely controlled from the RTU through an electromagnetic contactor.

23. The present invention is as claimed in claim 1, wherein the water level sensors are placed in the overhead storage reservoir (OHSR) and the groundwater level sensors are placed in the tube wells and are connected to the RTU, which measures the water level, transmits this data to the cloud, and raises alerts when the water level is low.

24. The present invention, as claimed in claim 23, wherein the RTU can also take appropriate action by filling the overhead storage reservoir (OHSR) when the water level is low or turning off the motor pumps when the water level is full, and this eliminates manual intervention for turning on or turning off the pumps.

25. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the water flow in the piped network is controlled by the plurality of motorized valves placed at various source nodes, the branch nodes and the end user connections and these motorized valves are connected to the RTU and controlled by the RTU and thus, these motorized valves are remotely operated from the dashboard through RTU, eliminating manual intervention for opening or closing water flow.

26. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RTU comprises a plurality of small sealed current transformers and hall effect current sensors that monitor the current drawn by the motor pumps and the motorized valves.

27. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RTU also measures the phase voltages supplied to the motor pumps and the motorized valves, and the RTU then calculates the power factor and power drawn and sends this data to the cloud.

28. The present invention, as claimed in claim27, wherein the RTU's collected water quantity and quality parameters are sent to the cloud in real-time and data analytics are performed on this data, and water consumption trends, leaks, pipe bursts, water theft, water contamination, and water quality is determined in real-time and are displayed on the dashboard.

29. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the centralized online dashboard is deployed on the cloud and can be accessed from anywhere and the dashboard has role-based user access, and the features, layout and functionality of the dashboard vary with the type of user logged in and the front-end UI is designed to be viewed in desktop and mobile modes and the back end of the dashboard comprises data inserting APIs, databases, auto-running code scripts, data analyzing algorithms, data sorting, and error detecting algorithms.

30. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors, the meters, the control valves, and the pumps that are deployed can be grouped under a user or a building, or a street/village/city and by utilizing geo-tagging, the location of the deployed sensors, meters, control valves, and pumps are traced out by the software on the map and the software traces outflow routes by processing the existing water network map and this process generates the map view of the deployed solution, which helps the user better understand the water network flow and problem areas and ease the locating and maintaining of the problem areas.

31. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein from this dashboard, the water flow to the entire network or a section of a network, or even a household tap can be remotely controlled and the real-time water level of an OHSR and groundwater level are shown on the dashboard, and the motor pumps are remotely controlled from it.

32. The present invention is claimed in claim 31, wherein the data from the edge devices are sent to the cloud through REST API and the data is sent through various methods, including and not limited to HTTPS POST and MQTTS, and the data from the edge device is transmitted through secure TLS encryption and When the APIs receive the data, the data is passed through the filtering algorithms, and any format errors and erroneous data are filtered out and The information is then stored in a database and the data analytics are done on this data, using advanced ML and AI algorithms and events like water leakages, pipe bursts, low pressures, water contamination and so on, wherein the dashboard can locate the section in which leakages, pipe burst, low pressures, and contamination is occurring, and instantly alerts the user, authorities, and maintenance teams.

33. The present invention, as claimed in claim1, wherein the dashboard can show the real-time water flow, real-time water quality and real-time water pressures in the water distribution network, and the dashboard can deliver real-time data from multiple sensors and meters simultaneously, and this allows user to see data from multiple deployments on a global scale visually.

34. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein acceptable upper and lower limits can be set for the water parameters including but not limited to flow rate, quantity, LPCD, pressure, TDS, pH, Turbidity, Chlorine, Nitrate, Arsenic, fluoride, Hardness, Salinity and other such parameters through the dashboard, and the dashboard is capable of detecting when water parameters are beyond these set limits and issue automatic alerts, and the dashboard also generates periodic graphs indicating the trends of the water parameters and respective upper and lower limits.

35. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dashboard can calculate area wise, daily wise, monthly intelligent and yearly smart water distribution status and water distribution timings, wherein it can determine the un-timeliness in water distribution and the dashboard generates alerts when there is low pressure or low water quantity supplied, and it can also analyses large amounts of sensor data and generate trends, and the number of times parameters are over permissible limits for over a week, fortnight, month, year, season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade and advanced prediction algorithms process these trends and predict future consumption patterns.

36. The present invention, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dashboard has GIS and SCADA integration, which helps in optimizing the water distribution network and remotely controls the pumping of water, and remotely controls the flow of water in all the segments of the distribution network through an easy-to-use graphic user interface.

37. A method of the present invention, the method comprising the steps of :
- Measuring the quantity of water supplied remotely;
- Measuring the quality parameters of water supplied remotely ;
- measuring the water pressure at source points, branch points and endpoints in the network remotely;
- detecting bio-contamination in water supplied by remotely measuring the residual chlorine levels at all endpoints in the water distribution network;
- compacting flow cell and water filling assemblies designed for the flow cell such that the flow cell can operate in both inline and online modes on a piped network;
- calibrating the water quality measuring sensors over air remotely;
- measuring the groundwater level in a bore well or tube well remotely;
- controlling motorized pumping of water to and from overhead water storage reservoir remotely;
- controlling motorized pumping of water from a tube well to the water distribution network remotely;
- measuring the water level in the overhead water storage reservoir (OHSR) remotely ;
- controlling flow of water in the piped network through motorized valves remotely;
- measuring and analysis of the power consumption trends and fault currents of the motor pumps and motorized valves to detect early failure remotely;
- measuring temperature, rpm, torque, power factor, voltage, and current of the motor pumps and motorized valves to measure their efficiency remotely in real-time;
- measuring the mechanical vibrations generated by the motor pumps and motorized valves to detect early mechanical failures remotely;
- detecting overloading conditions on motor pumps and motorized valves remotely;
- transmitting the above-measured parameters in real-time to an online gateway or cloud-based server;
- locally storing the measured parameters in the RTU or gateway for up to 30 days in case of communication blackout;
- transmitting the data over various communication networks like LoRa Wan, WiFi, GSM, NB-IOT, Bluetooth, and ZIGBEE;
- pluggable communication module designed that can be inserted into the RTU so that the RTU automatically detects and operates in that mode of communication;
- pluggable controller module designed that can be inserted into the RTU so that the RTU can operate with various types and architectures of microcontrollers;
- automating the entire water supply network and water distribution network of a village or city, or even a building;
- viewing the real-time water quantity and quality parameters data on an online dashboard;
- controlling the motor pumps and motorized valves through an online dashboard remotely;
- updating the firmware of the RTU unit remotely;
- smart battery charging mechanism is designed which can accept solar, AC mains and RF energy harvesting and charge the battery as well as monitor its temperature and current drawn;
- waterproof enclosure is designed in which the RTU unit is placed, and a remote alert generating mechanism is created such that, when the chamber is opened, the remote signal is generated;
- performing analytics on the data received and detects events like leakage, pipe burst, theft so on;
- performing predictive analytics on the data and mapping out the consumption trends and anomalies;
- centralizing dashboard with end-to-end SCADA integration and complying with DLMS standards;
- presenting Month Wise Water Distribution Status;
- presenting Month Wise Timelines vs Untimeliness;
- present Area Wise Water Duration Status;
- alerting Flow Quantity Below the basic supply requirement;
- alerting when the pressure of water supply is below minimum residual pressure;
- alerting when the chlorine is below the permissible limit indicating possible biological contamination;
- alerting when the nitrate is above the permissible limit indicating possible chemical/fertilizer/night soil contamination;
- alerting when the pH is above or below the permissible range indicating acidity or alkalinity in the drinking water;
- alerting when the TDS is above the permissible limit indicating dissolved solids in the drinking water leading to hair fall and skin tanning;
- alerting when the Fluoride is above the permissible limit indicating fluorine contamination in the drinking water;
- alerting when the Turbidity is above the permissible limit indicating suspended material such as clay, silt, organic and inorganic matter, plankton in the drinking water;
- presenting no. of times Flow Quantity Below the basic supply requirement in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
- presenting no. of times when the pressure of water supply is below minimum residual pressure in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
- presenting no. of times when the chlorine is below the permissible limit indicating possible biological contamination in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
- presenting no. of times when the nitrate is above the permissible limit indicating possible chemical/fertilizer/night soil contamination in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
- presenting no. of times when the pH is above or below the permissible range indicating acidity or alkalinity in the drinking water in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
- presenting no. of times when the TDS is above the permissible limit indicating dissolved solids in the drinking water leading to hair fall and skin tanning in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
- presenting no. of times when the Fluoride is above the permissible limit indicating fluorine contamination in the drinking water in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade;
- presenting no. of times when the Turbidity is above the permissible limit indicating suspended material such as clay, silt, organic and inorganic matter, and plankton in the drinking water in a week, fortnight, month, year season, monsoon, drought periods, flood periods, over a decade.
Dated this 25th day of July, 2022

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