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An integrated approach for sustainable development of wastewater treatment and management system using IoT in smart cities

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The present world is intimidated by the problem of water scarcity that is to be addressed immediately. So, it is wise to treat wastewater to meet the massive need for drinking water for the fast-growing population. The magnificent application of Internet of Things (IoT) technology in many smart cities has derived fruitful results. This research study has proposed a real-time system using IoT that regularly monitors specific crucial parameters of a wastewater treatment plant and informs any plant's dysfunction to the operator. Furthermore, the large stream of data sets generated by IoT sensors in real-time can be analyzed and processed by complex event processing (CEP). This study was experimented with Smart Treatment (SMARTreat) architecture and its application in a simple water system of an industrial estate in South India. The proposed architecture showed outstanding results and has received positive comments from the water treatment plant managers.

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  1. School of Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, 710072, Shaanxi, China

    Arodh Lal Karn

  2. Department of CSIT and AIML, Symbiosis International University, Pune, Maharashtra, 412115, India

    Sharnil Pandya

  3. Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Kuwait College of Science and Technology, Kuwait City, Kuwait

    Abolfazl Mehbodniya

  4. University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

    Farrukh Arslan

  5. Department of Mathematics, Jaypee University of Engineering and Technology, Guna, Madhya Pradesh, 473226, India

    Dilip Kumar Sharma

  6. Faculty of Food and Agricultural Technology, School of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University, Phitsanulok, Thailand

    Khongdet Phasinam

  7. Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Government College University Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

    Muhammad Nauman Aftab

  8. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur, Tamil Nadu, 635109, India

    Regin Rajan

  9. Department of MBA, Amrita Sai Institute of Science and Technology, Krishna, Andhra Pradesh, 521180, India

    Ravi Kumar Bommisetti

  10. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, PSN College of Engineering and Technology, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, 627152, India

    Sudhakar Sengan

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Karn, A.L., Pandya, S., Mehbodniya, A. et al. An integrated approach for sustainable development of wastewater treatment and management system using IoT in smart cities. Soft Comput 27, 5159–5175 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-021-06244-9

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