WaterGridSense 4.0

German and international water network providers operate hundreds of thousands kilometer and rising of conduits and sewers. The monitoring of these networks is one of the main challanges for providers. Due to the sheer amount of kilometers the awareness of what exactly is happening in these networks on a daily basis or in rainfall events is limited. Therefore a solution to provide more information about the state of the network to enable improved planning, operation and maintaining is necessary.

To achieve this goal, a low-cost and distributed sensor plattform is needed to measure called for data. The sensors have to resist the harsh conditions inside of conduits and sewage canals and handle limited energy supply and communication opportunities.

WaterGridSense 4.0 aims to develope small and energy self-sufficient sensors, which can communicate wirelessly and are easily cusomizable due to modular design. The wireless communication will be secured with Distributed Ledger Technologies in order to guarantee authenticity and integrity of the measured data. The distributed sensors enable a smart and scalable monitoring of the water network and its intakes and drains.