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Whether you are in residential area or industrial area, the water supply system in urban area is the conventional. As more &more demand of water is generated in urban area, weather for people or industries, the present conventional water system cannot meets the requirements. The PLC & SCADA came up with the features that can meet the need of automation in various fields. Introducing the automation technology in the day to day life can evolve the human life rapidly. Meanwhile a large amount of water is not distributed evenly due to malfunction & defects in current water supply system. This project aims at overcoming the disadvantages of existing water distribution system. This proposed automated water distribution system is used to distribute the municipal water equally to all street pipe line. So that everyone will get the equal amount of water. The set point is fixed for each pipe line. The water from the storage tank is measured with the help of level sensor. Flow sensor measures the flow rate of the water. Solenoid valve is used to open and close the valve automatically. If the Water level reaches to set point, Solenoid will be turned OFF and it will be turned ON after high indication by level sensor. Here we also identify the water theft accurately during the distribution time period. This system consists of PLC and SCADA. PLC is used to control the distribution of water. SCADA is one of the emerging technologies which are used for complete monitoring. The overall system is connected to PLC with the help of RS-232 cable. PLC gives the signal to the solenoid valve according to the set point written in the program. Sustainability of water resource has been a big issue being discuss lately. From the reason of lack of resources to the attitude of end user that frequently waste water, the problem seems not having any improvement on finding ways to at least contain it from increasing. The problem is related to poor water allocation and monitoring, inefficient use, wastage and also lack of adequate integrated water management. There are some Reason that this cannot be controllable such as raw resources and the attitude of end user. But there is an area that we can at least control it to the lowest level possible by applying better technology and management. The area that can be improved is the monitoring and management of water storage and distribution. Usually we see water pipe leaks, which results in a fountain of burst water. As a result, there will be a water shortage problem because of the pressure lost, which prevents the water from being supplied to the storage tank.