INTRODUCTION

Availability of clean water is scarce nowadays. Millions of people suffer from water borne diseases due to
usage of polluted water. The primary reason for the scarcity of clean water is pollution of water sources
due to discharge of industrial effluents, dumping of waste, natural reasons etc. Governments throughout
the world are trying to prevent water pollution by various methods. But, this is highly ineffective because
of high cost and improper human resource management. Even if pollution is detected, it is already too late
to protect the water resources. Also, till the cleanup is completed, people will face problems in accessing
pure water. We can conclude from the scenario that if the monitoring process is made cost effective,
accurate and fast, water bodies throughout the world can be protected.

Manual methods, such as taking water samples from different points and depths in containers and testing
it in laboratories, and electronic sensor monitoring techniques, where required data is obtained through
sensors placed at different points in the water body are the current systems being used. However, these
techniques are very expensive and time consuming.

This project provides with a cheap & effective solution for this environmental threat. We use an aerial
drone to which the co-ordinates of the water sample to be tested is fed remotely through a cloud and the
drone automatically reaches the way points. Portable sensor kits mounted on the drone instantly reads the
required data (i.e dissolved oxygen, ph, turbidity, temperature and TDS) and the data analysis where a
concentration map of the water body & meaningful interpretation of the data is being done.