Serrano, I., & Williams-Koester, K., & Clark, K., & Kalikow, B. R., & Hartley, B., & Maheswaran, B. (2022, April), Limiting Overuse of Water in Agriculture by Monitoring Water Content   Paper presented at ASEE-NE 2022, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Massachusetts. 10.18260/1-2--42187

\bibitem{asee_peer_42187}
  Serrano, I., \& Williams-Koester, K., \& Clark, K., \& Kalikow, B. R., \& Hartley, B., \& Maheswaran, B. (2022, April), \emph{Limiting Overuse of Water in Agriculture by Monitoring Water Content }
  Paper presented at ASEE-NE 2022, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Massachusetts.
  10.18260/1-2--42187

Isabella Serrano, Kaitlyn Williams-Koester, Kaden Clark, Blade Rocket Kalikow, Bennett Hartley, and Bala Maheswaran.  "Limiting Overuse of Water in Agriculture by Monitoring Water Content ".  ASEE-NE 2022, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, 2022, April.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/42187 Internet.  25 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_42187}
  Isabella Serrano, Kaitlyn Williams-Koester, Kaden Clark, Blade Rocket Kalikow, Bennett Hartley, and Bala Maheswaran.
  "Limiting Overuse of Water in Agriculture by Monitoring Water Content ".
  \emph{ASEE-NE 2022, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, 2022, April}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/42187 Internet.  25 Apr, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - As climate change becomes increasingly more alarming and its detrimental impact on our society becomes greater, our freshwater access continues to decline rapidly. Currently, 70% of Earth’s accessible freshwater is used in agriculture, and while agriculture calls for large amounts of water, a lot of it is wasted in excess. Overwatering is a big problem in agricultural practices, and can even “drown” crops, causing damage to the plant which contributes even more to the wasted resources issue. As a society, we cannot risk continuing to deplete our resources at this rate. To combat this, a sustainable watering device that would allow for precise amounts of water would be tremendously useful. Not only would a device of this sort eliminate water waste, but it would also allow for convenience on any scale. 

	Our paper focuses on this issue on a smaller scale, so our product primarily focuses on house plants. Our device is comprised of four main components: a water tank, a mini solar panel, an Arduino Board, and a gypsum block. To make the product sustainable, we incorporated a mini solar panel that would attach to the edge of the pot so that absorbed solar energy can convert to electricity which would allow the Arduino Board to run. Our main goal is to limit water waste, so the Arduino Board would allow the customer to input their plant type, which would be programmed to release a precise amount of water when the gypsum block (which would be submerged in the soil) detects that the soil water content is low. Our product would promote house planting, and as urban farming becomes increasingly more popular, it would contribute to its success since customers could use the product to limit their visits to the farm. The convenience and sustainability of the product would both benefit the environment and promote local farming, reducing the overall carbon footprint of agriculture. 

AU  - Isabella Serrano
AU  - Kaitlyn Williams-Koester
AU  - Kaden Clark
AU  - Blade Rocket Kalikow
AU  - Bennett Hartley
AU  - Bala Maheswaran
CY  - Wentworth Institute of Technology, Massachusetts
DA  - 2022/04/22
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Limiting Overuse of Water in Agriculture by Monitoring Water Content 
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