Water Supply And Wastewater Engineering: Unit I: Water Supply
Objectives and Components of a Water Supply System
To supply safe and wholesome* water to consumers, To make water easily available to consumers, so as to encourage personal and household cleanliness,o make water easily available to consumers, so as to encourage personal and household cleanliness.
UNIT
- I
WATER
SUPPLY
OBJECTIVES
OF A WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
(i)
To supply safe and wholesome* water to consumers.
(ii)
To supply water in adequate quantity.
(iii)
To make water easily available to consumers, so as to encourage personal and
household cleanliness.
(*Wholesome
means unpolluted water free from toxic substances, organic matter, minerals and
pathogens).
Components of a water supply system
(i)
Collection - Surface water and ground water sources. (Perennial rivers, dams, intake structures).
(ii) Transmission - Conveyance of water from the source to the treatment plants
(Pipelines/Conduits,
canals, aqueducts, pumps etc.).
(iii) Purification - To remove physical, chemical and biological impurities from water and make it
safe for consumption - Water Treatment plant (filter beds, softening units
etc.).
(iv) Distribution - To distribute treated purified water to the consumers under pressure -
(Elevated Reservoirs, pipelines, pumps etc.)
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