Arduino-based Water and Plant Monitoring System for Efficient Water Resource Management

Agriculture has been a huge contributor to water stress globally. Even on small scale such as public high schools, their agricultural activities for students can play a huge part. Thus, this study developed a water and plant monitoring device using Arduino, which was evaluated by 43 respondents composed of teachers and students using the six Network Development Lifecycle (NDLC) criteria. The descriptive project successfully implemented the program of building the prototype, presenting and teaching it to the respondents, and assessing its effectiveness. The survey has a set of questions which are rated using a constructed response mode. Overall, the respondents found the device cost-effective, user-friendly, and beneficial in all aspects. The device also intended its purpose to manage water use and describe the soil conditions. However, the stability of the monitoring system needed improvement. Additionally, the study recommended adding an alarm feature and connecting to a mobile application for the optimization of the water and plant monitoring system.