Design Tasks
Alert clients to the level of water pollutants
Create a system to actively measure the levels of pollutants in the water supply
Develop and maintain a database of water pollutants to use as a comparison
General Design Goals
Simple platform for the everyday consumer
Low cost to install and operate
Easy to integrate into current water system
Specific Design Goals
Operate under certain power constraints, under 2W
Actively report data to a central database
Create a simple user interface (UI) that displays important data about water pollutant levels
Identify the constraints associated with each design goals:
Shall report data to the consumer in an easy to understand way
Shall detect the different types of pollutants in the water
Shall create a secure connection from the water system to the database
Elimination Path
Developing a system that could purify water for the consumer was eliminated to focus on solutions that can report the pollutants in the water as it helps to provide more information about the water contents.