Introductory Hydroinformatics

Submitted by
M .U. Kale
Assistant professor
Irrigation & Drainage Engineering
Dr. P.D.K.V. Akola
 HYDROINFORMATICS

Branch of informatics concentrates on the

application of ICT in addressing the increasingly
serious problems of the equitable and efficient use of
water for many different purposes.
 NEED AND APPLICATION
NEED
Integrates data, model, and people

Manages serious water related issues

Optimal control of water resource

Computer based modeling

Integration of mathematical modeling and ICT tools

 APPLICATION
Act as a tool for optimization of water resources
Using SCADA ,telemetry, helps in collection of
remote data and remote control over the system
TOOLS IN HYDROINFORMATICS

Mathematical models
Supervisory control and data acquisition(SCADA)
Geographic information system(GIS)
 TELEMETRY
Technology that allows remote measurement and
reporting of information
Highly automated communication process
Wireless data transfer mechanism(radio , infra-red
system)
 APPLICATION
Water quality detection
Stream gauging functions
Automatic Meter Reading(AMR)
Leak detection in distribution pipelines
Equipment surveillance
 SCADA
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition

Computer system for gathering and analyzing real

time data

Any application that obtains data about a system in

order to control that system is a SCADA application

 FUNCTIONS OF SCADA
Data acquisition

Networked data communication

Data presentation

control
 COMPONENTS
Human Machine Interface(HMI)
Heart of SCADA system
Presents processed data to a human operator
Monitoring and control of process

Supervisory system(computer)
Gathers data on the process
Sending commands to the process
 Remote Terminal Units(RTU)
Physically connects to the sensors in the field
Converts electrical signals of sensors to digital form
Sending digital data to supervisory system
 Programmable logic Controller(PLC)
Used as replacement to RTU
Economical,versatile,flexible and configurable than
RTU
 Communication infrastructure
Connects supervisory system to the RTU
 ADVANTAGES TO THE USER
 Automatic collection of data
 Data can be downloaded at the user convenience
 Can be rigged for telemetry access by radio, cell phone,
landline
 Allows the user to remotely control the irrigation system and
access data instantly