# Water Project Help

**URL:** <https://community.hivemq.com/t/water-project-help/3993>\
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**Created:** [February 3, 2026, 8:40am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/water-project-help/3993 "2026-02-03T08:40:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![0rr0r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/f0a364/32.png) [@0rr0r](https://community.hivemq.com/u/0rr0r)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 8:40am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/water-project-help/3993/1 "2026-02-03T08:40:04Z")

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Hey, this is probably unlike most of the posts here

I’m a college student whose looking into creating a project for their comp sci class, and the idea is that as part of it I’d want to be able to measure the water levels in a tank contained within a van (used for window cleaning), to be sent off so that i can work with it for analytical purpose - in any language really, although ideally python integrated or able to eventually be used there

I came here from researching into MQTT, as i figured water sensors & an arduino would likely be necessary? Regardless, i wanted to ask if you guys could recommend any devices i should use for this, im willing to blow a couple hundred on the hardware if necessary. I havent worked with direct hardware before, and im unsure where to start, solutions are appreciated

Thank you so much for the help for anyone who stumbles upon this​😭

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**Author:** ![SShet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SShet](https://community.hivemq.com/u/SShet)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/water-project-help/3993/2 "2026-02-18T15:51:04Z")

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Hello @0rr0r

Thank you for reaching out. That’s actually a great MQTT use case 👍 — and yes, you’re thinking in the right direction.

From a HiveMQ + MQTT perspective, your architecture should look like this:

**Sensor → Microcontroller (ESP32/ESP8266) → MQTT → HiveMQ Cloud → Python analytics**

HiveMQ documentation includes information that can help you as a starting point.

- [ESP8266/ESP32 + sensor data to HiveMQ Cloud](https://www.hivemq.com/article/mqtt-on-arduino-nodemcu-esp8266-hivemq-cloud/)

- [Python Paho MQTT client sample code](https://hivemq.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HCSP/pages/2750218357/)

All the best for your project.

Regards,  
Sheetal from HiveMQ Support Team