Smart Urban Flood Sentinel & Drainage Overflow Interceptor with LoRaWAN
Solar-powered municipal manhole monitor detecting drainage silt accumulation, toxic sewer gases, and flash flood surges with long-range LoRaWAN alerts.
Project Overview
A rugged weatherproof demonstration station featuring dual ultrasonic manhole depth transducers, MQ-4 methane / MQ-136 H2S toxic gas sensors, water flow velocity turbine, and an SX1276 LoRaWAN node connecting to a city municipal dashboard. ### Real-World Problem Urban waterlogging and toxic sewer gas build-up claim lives and paralyze transport during monsoon downpours. ### Practical Student Solution Provides real-time street-level inundation warnings to municipal authorities 45 minutes prior to road flooding and maps drainage choke points. ### Hardware Modules & Sensors - ESP32 LoRaWAN Node - Waterproof JSN-SR04T Sensor - MQ-4 Methane / MQ-136 Gas Sensor - Water Flow Turbine Probe - Solar Node Enclosure - Mini 5W Solar Panel ### Commercial & Institutional Value High demand across Civil, Environmental, and ECE student capstone projects.
Modern commercial and industrial infrastructure requires automated, real-time sensing and telemetry. Conventional manual monitoring suffers from high latency, human error, and lack of predictive fault visibility for Smart Urban Flood Sentinel & Drainage Overflow Interceptor with LoRaWAN.
A turnkey engineering prototype integrating high-precision sensor modules, dedicated microcontroller unit, and cloud telemetry protocols to automate measurement, trigger alert thresholds, and provide remote dashboard control.