SR College students develop app-based water meter

Warangal: The students of SR Engineering College have come with an app-based water meter that is touted to be extremely useful for every households, apartments, offices and government establishments. The device is christened as 'Sagely', an IoT-enabled water meter.

The device helps in monitoring water usage through an app-based interface on smart phone within households, apartments and industries.

The device is the brainchild of Mittapally Sandeep (ECE 3rd year), Shashi Preetham (ECE final), Srividya Polineni (CSE 3rd year) and Sai Teja (ECE 3rd year). The trio started working on the device in August 2018 at the SRiX, a state-of-the-art technology business incubator supported by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) and Government of India to accelerate the start-up eco-system.

The device was selected for the Start-Up India–Telangana Yatra, a Government of India's campaign. The model grabbed second place in the semi finals held at the National Institute of Technology in September 2018.

In the finals held at JNTU, Hyderabad, the device grabbed the attention of one and all by finishing fourth best. It may be mentioned here that 200 teams from across the State participated in the finals.

Speaking to The Hans India, Mittapally Sandeep said: "The device helps in conserving water which of late had become precious. By installing the device to the tap in an individual house or apartment, the users can draw water according to their needs. The individual users and the apartment managements can access the data which is available on cloud storage. The data enables the apartment managements to charge its users." The device is of immense help where water supply is made through water meters, he added.

As of now, the device we prepared is useful for those living in apartments. It can also be installed to water taps provided through the Mission Bhagiratha programmes, he said. Sandeep said that they are working on improving the device for the industrial establishments' usage.

Srividya Polineni said: "It's an Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled water meter that monitors and controls water usage through a mobile app."

Against this backdrop, the Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC)'s posted a video explaining the utility of the device on Twitter. Responding to this post, Warangal Urban District Collector Prashanth Jeevan Patil who commended Sandeep in a tweet asked him to arrange a demo of the device.

Following which, the TRS working president K T Rama Rao appreciated the Collector for his proactive approach in encouraging the start-ups. KTR tweet reads: "Government has to be first customer for the innovatots/start-ups wherever possible. I am glad you are encouraging young innovators from your district."