Feasibility Study of Converting Existing Intermittent Water Supply Into 24x7 Water Supply of Ramnagar, Gondia District

Prachi Thawkar | S. S. Hailkar

Abstract: At present water supply scheme (WSS) in India practice intermittent system and provide sub-optimal service to end consumers. Maharashtra is one of the states facing severe drinking water crisis. To solve the water crisis problem number of experiments has been done for water supply system. Intermittent schemes are still in practice. Actual behaviour of intermittent system is difficult to predict, due to the limited hours of water supply & meeting peak demands simultaneously which leads to varying pressure and frequent failures. Wastage of water and problems in storing water can be reduced by 24x7 water supply scheme. To convert the intermittent supply into 24x7 continuous water supply role of Hydraulic modeling is very important. It includes the provision of water treatment work for the area to supply the treated water to the public & providing distribution networks and water meters to save water. Ramnagar is an area of Gondia district having drinking water problem because of intermittent supply scheme. The current practice is to maintain water supply on an intermittent mode. WaterGEMs software is used for designing hydraulic modeling and providing efficient pipe network for the present study. WaterGEMS is the only software, which provides appropriate satisfactory design and efficient solution.

Keywords: WaterGEMS, hydraulic modeling

Edition: Volume 6 Issue 8, August 2017,

Pages: 1990 - 1994