FORM 2: Project Proposal

Low Zhi Lok

RSD - Bachelor of Information Technology

(Honours) in Software Systems Development

0125501261
lowzl-am19@student.tarc.edu.my
Hew Kwai Yun

PROJECT TITLE: IOT WATER IRRIGATION SYSTEM

IoT water Irrigation system

ABSTRACT
The project we are going to develop is a Smart Water Irrigation System will be instead the traditional ways of water
irrigation system. The traditional of water irrigation system is lack of efficiency to grow the plants in profusely and
consume the waters. In addition, the traditional of water irrigation system is need many human resources (manpower or
staffs) to help the agricultural water the plants. Moreover, the human might be lack of measure accurate the soil moisture
and ET (Evapotranspiration) that will make the plants grow without profusely. Therefore, we will develop a Smart Water
Irrigation System to help us to solve the traditional ways of water irrigation system problems. Utilize the Smart Water
Irrigation System to reduce the human errors, save water, and reduces the human resources, make more efficiency grow
the plants and profusely and accurately to measure the soil moisture and ET (Evapotranspiration).

PROBLEM
Over the years, too many agricultural (farm company) are still use their traditional ways to growth their plant such as
use cattle or humans to take the water for growth the plants, this will lack of efficiency to growth the plants and need
a large human resource (manpower of staffs) to help the agricultural company to water the plants. Moreover, some
agricultural company still use the pulley system, but this will uneven distribution of water and lack of efficiency to
growth the plants.

Another problems which is scheduling when water the plants, without the intelligence of IOT irrigation water system,
the humans will face a trouble which is human error that they are difficult to know accurate when water the plants and
how long they should water the plants? When water the plants and how long water the plants are significant to the plants
of lives. If irrigation cycle too early or running an irrigation cycle too long is considered over watering and will be
consumed water and money. Likewise, starting an irrigation cycle too late or not running the system for a long enough
period is considered under watering and cause reduced yields and poor quality which can affect the product’s price
(plant quality).

Also, the ET (Evapotranspiration) and soil moisture are significant to the irrigation water system. These both are based
on control system. The ET (Evapotranspiration) is the combined process through which soil moisture is lost directly to
the atmosphere through evaporation and the plants taking water out of the soil and transpiring it to the atmosphere.
The ET (Evapotranspiration) is a calculated value such as recent rainfall, humidity and so on that can consider the plant
size and stage of growth. The calculated ET (Evapotranspiration) will let you know the grower an estimate how much
water the soil is losing due to ET. If the agricultural of staffs will not accurate measures the soil moisture means they
are might sometimes measure correct the soil moisture or sometimes measure wrong the soil moisture in the human
intelligence. Otherwise, the soil moisture is significant to the plants of life’s, cannot over watering and cannot less water
to the plants, must measures accurate the soil moisture that can water enough to the plants. Thus, need some complex
devices intelligence knowledge of algorithm to solve the irrigation water system.

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 FORM 2: Project Proposal

Low Zhi Lok

RSD - Bachelor of Information Technology

(Honours) in Software Systems Development

0125501261
lowzl-am19@student.tarc.edu.my
Hew Kwai Yun

Furthermore, the problem is lack of head-to-head design. Some people installation the sprinkler is lack of head-to-head
design as showing the images at below:

The above of the images is install only one sprinkler at the particular area, the particular area is being watered but the
area covered by the sprinkler is not watered evenly because most sprinklers put down more water at the head of the
sprinkler. Example of the images at below that show if install only one sprinkler on the particular area will be what
happened:

As the above images as you see, there are no balance water the garden area and will affect the plants no growth in
efficiency and profusely.

Lastly, the agricultural company also need a loyal staff and annoying how to retain staffs love to work in the agricultural
environment. For example, if the staffs suddenly mood has changed because the chairman give the staffs salary very less
(cut cost) or scolded by chairman (bad chairman) in unreason then the staffs will be lazy and loaf on the job. This will
be disgraceful to the company name and the plants quality will be decreased (become bad quality because the staffs
lazy unscheduled watering the plants).

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 FORM 2: Project Proposal

Low Zhi Lok

RSD - Bachelor of Information Technology

(Honours) in Software Systems Development

0125501261
lowzl-am19@student.tarc.edu.my
Hew Kwai Yun

SOLUTION
Use IOT water irrigation system instead of the traditional ways of irrigation water system. Using the IOT water
irrigation system can improve the intelligence for convenience to human life. The result of using the IOT water
irrigation system can assist agricultural efficiency to grow their plants and reduced human resources (reduced
hire staffs) that can also assist the agricultural to save the cost. Moreover, can be trusted by using the IOT water
irrigation system because it is loyalty, intelligence, very hardworking (can work for you in anytime and no demand in
unconditional) and no betray you rather than some staffs are very lazy, demand very high (malicious salary), no working
to you in loyalty (betray you) and so on. remove this ( ET ) , in your project we didn't
use ET
In addition, utilise ET (Evapotranspiration) and soil moisture together with the IOT water irrigation system for
accurate calculate the value of recent rainfall, humidity, and actual soil moisture, these can take benefits to
the plants growth efficiency and profusely. The soil moisture is a control system that use soil moisture sensors
to measure the actual soil moisture. The soil moisture control systems will tell the grower when to begin an
irrigation cycle and tell him when the soil moisture level reaches field capacity. Moreover, the ET based control
systems are used with some type of soil moisture sensor such as tensiometer to provide some feedback as to
the accuracy of the ET calculations. Each based control provides a much more consistent and reliable method
of controlling the irrigation system.

Another point is water management. Water management is significant to the plants. If without water
management and consequence of plants do not growth in efficiency and profusely because the plants have
capacity of water level, cannot less water and cannot too many waters for the plants thus need a water
management to monitor the water level then the plants can be growth in profusely and can become a good
sell of products. Also, it can help the agricultural to save the water cost.
in your project , not using sprinkler . take out this .
Furthermore, must install right of the sprinklers. For example, if the gardens are very big then it must use the
head-to-head design. The images are showing of the head-to-head design at below:

Figure 1
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 FORM 2: Project Proposal

Low Zhi Lok

RSD - Bachelor of Information Technology

(Honours) in Software Systems Development

0125501261
lowzl-am19@student.tarc.edu.my
Hew Kwai Yun

Figure 2
As above of the Figure 1 and Figure 2 images as you see, there can balanced water the plants in effective and
grow profusely. water scheduling is based on the soil moisture
level detected by the moisture sensor.
Finally, utilise the IOT water irrigation system to schedule when water the plants. For example, the IOT water
irrigation system can schedule water the plants in morning or in afternoon depends on the agricultural need
when to water the plants and schedule no water the plants in evening. Moreover, integrate the rain sensor
into the smart water irrigation system that can detect the rain fall and then it will automatically shut off the
processing (stop the smart water irrigation system if raining).
not using rain sensor
TARGET MARKET
in your project.
The targeted market is agricultural. As observe the agricultural of demands which is soil moisture and ET
(Evapotranspiration). Both are their agricultural businesses of basic need to handle the plant of soil moisture and
weather measurement which is ET (Evapotranspiration). Moreover, the most of the interested the agricultural
based on gentlemen or younger for their education of smart water irrigation system or use the water irrigation
system for expect the plants of efficiency growth up. Furthermore, the targeted market is proactive
consumers, we will provide a promotions of how smart water irrigation system of short-term and long-term
benefits. The proactive consumers would be receptive the smart water irrigation system that how it was
allows them to properly program zones, save water, and collect data about their water use. Another observe
that I realise which is retirees, they have nothing to do, and they are trying to find something to do, that’s
why they will be an agricultural for their boring life thus they need some basic component, devices, system
and so on means the retirees will buy the smart water irrigation system for their efficiency growth their
plants. Additionally, we want to observe our products are a good quality. For example, the smart water
irrigation system can waterproof or not, can collect water usage data or not, can alert to the customers if
the smart water irrigation system is disaster broken and so on. Then can sell to many customers and the
customers can be a loyalty always buy our products because our products are a best of the best services to
them.

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 FORM 2: Project Proposal

Low Zhi Lok

RSD - Bachelor of Information Technology

(Honours) in Software Systems Development

0125501261
lowzl-am19@student.tarc.edu.my
Hew Kwai Yun

COMPETITION/CONTRIBUTION
The advantages as we offer which is the smart water irrigation system can help the human life become more
convenience and efficiency. The agricultural can without do anything in hands and the smart water irrigation
system can automatically help them to complete their task. For example, the smart water irrigation system
has an intelligence that can help them automatically to water the plants if detect the temperature are high
which is hot day then it must water the plants, rainfall (if got raining then it will stop the water the plants),
actual soil moisture (if the soil moisture is more then it will stop water the plants) and so on. Those functions
can help the human to reduce human error, reduce human resource and reduce their time (they can do another
thing). Moreover, even though the smart water irrigation system is quite expensive, but it has many functions
such as temperature sensors, soil moisture sensors and ET sensors and it is a good quality (without cut corner)
because we want to let the customers know we are best of the best services, loyalty to our customers and
want them to trust our products. If our products are trusted or satisfied by our customers then they will
propagate our products to their friends, family, or neighbours thus it will help us widely the market size.

MILESTONES
Milestones
Proposal Approved
Design a System Model
Background and Related Work
Interactive Prototype
Milestones Goal/Deliverables Deadline
Proposals approved or deemed -
approved under this agreement
Analysis which smart devices 9 days
such as input sensor and output
sensor are suitable for this
project and create a system
model how they are
implementing the smart devices
Company background, project 7 days
background, literature review,
feasibility study and evaluation
Create a prototype of the web 7 days
app for this smart water
irrigation system. For example,
will use storyboard sketches or
design web app software to help
us create a simple and easy

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 FORM 2: Project Proposal

Low Zhi Lok

RSD - Bachelor of Information Technology

(Honours) in Software Systems Development

0125501261
lowzl-am19@student.tarc.edu.my
Hew Kwai Yun

understand for the users to use

the web app and can be easy to
let developer to modify the
prototype if necessary.
Prototype Evaluation Find the tester to test the 10 days
interactive prototype of the web
app to collect data and analysis
from the tester’s feedback even
the web app is easy to
understand and use that to make
a improvements in the design
before coding the web app.
Implementation and Testing After evaluation the prototype, 1 months
next is implementation the
functional of the smart devices
by coding. Moreover, need to be
testing the code, test data, test
security issues and so on.
Delivery the Products If the smart device is guarantee 7 days
no issues then can make a
tutorial video how to use the
smart devices to the users how to
use it.

REFERENCES

The Most Common Problems with Farm Irrigation Systems. (n.d.). Retrieved from wplawinc:
https://wplawinc.com/the-most-common-problems-with-farm-irrigation-systems

WHO IS INTERESTED IN PURCHASING SMART IRRIGATION SYSTEMS?1. (2019, 11 15). Retrieved from
edis.ifas.ufl.edu: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FE1069