Are you drinking enough water throughout the day? Very rarely do people actually track the amount of water
they consume and usually end up not drinking enough, or in the case with people on liquid restrictive diets they
may be consuming too much. Writing a note every time you refill your water bottle or measuring how much you
have already consumed is not only inaccurate but it’s also very unlikely a person will stick with it. Older people
tend to forget to drink enough water or they can’t sense that they are thirsty which can cause a severe decline in
their health and renal function. This water bottle would preemptively tackle a bad habit before serious health
issues arise and cause any permanent harm.

There are a few water bottles on the market that either track how much water you drink or self-sanitize, but the
H2Ω would be combining these critical objectives into one bottle. The main goals are to be accurate, low cost,
waterproof, and energy efficient. Accuracy of determining the water level in the bottle is critical to keeping
track of the user’s intake. To do this, a pressure sensor will take measurements after every time the user removes
and then places the cap back on the bottle, indicating they took a sip of water. All of this information will be
sent to a microcontroller to process and send to the mobile application via Bluetooth. Lastly, a UV-C sanitation
cycle will be run on timed intervals throughout the day in order to keep the bottle and its components in the best
possible conditions.

H2Ω will keep track of how much water you drink so you don’t have to, on top of that you’ll be using less
plastic water bottles. So not only are you improving your own health, you’ll be saving the planet as well!