Development of an Integrated Environmental Monitoring IoT Platform for Smart City Management

The client faces difficulties in aggregating and interpreting data from multiple environmental sensors provided by various vendors, leading to fragmented monitoring capabilities. There is a need for a centralized system that can reliably collect sensor data, generate timely alerts for hazard conditions, and communicate threats effectively to residents to improve urban safety and air quality management.

A local government authority seeking to enhance city-wide environmental monitoring and public safety through deploying distributed sensor networks and real-time data visualization.

• Create a scalable web-based application to collect, store, and visualize environmental data from distributed sensors and public APIs across the urban area.
• Develop a standardized data parser to integrate heterogeneous sensor data formats from multiple vendors into a central database.
• Implement real-time alerting mechanisms for environmental hazards such as weather anomalies, storm warnings, and water level thresholds.
• Design a user authentication and access control system restricting data and alerts to authorized public institutions.
• Enable public communication through a progressive web app (PWA) for residents to receive timely hazard notifications and environmental quality updates.

• Integration of data from weather stations, storm radars, and water level sensors via multiple vendor-specific formats and APIs.
• A robust data parser that normalizes various sensor data formats into a central database.
• User authentication and role-based access management for authorized public agencies.
• Real-time visualization of sensor data and environmental parameters.
• Automated alerting system triggered when sensor readings exceed predefined thresholds.
• Notification system for disseminating hazards and environmental alerts to residents via a progressive web app (PWA).

• Vendor-specific APIs and devices providing environmental sensor data.
• Public weather and water level data APIs.
• Internal systems for user authentication and access control.
• Notification channels for resident alerts (e.g., push notifications, SMS).

• System scalability to accommodate increasing sensor deployments and user traffic.
• High data processing and visualization performance with minimal latency.
• Robust security measures to protect sensitive data and user access.
• Reliability with 99.9% uptime for real-time monitoring and alerting functions.
• Compliance with data privacy standards applicable to public sector data.

The implementation of this integrated IoT environmental monitoring platform is expected to significantly enhance urban hazard detection accuracy, enable faster response times, and improve communication with residents regarding environmental threats. This will lead to better air quality management, reduced hazard-related incidents, and increased public trust in city authorities’ environmental safety initiatives.