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Visualization of Construction of Gravity Fed Water Supply and Treatment System in Developing Countries
Abstract
This paper will cover every aspect of the design and construction of a water supply system
utilizing potential energy (gravity) for delivery. The typical layout of a gravity-fed water system (Figure
1.1) includes a water source, transmission main, reservoir and distribution system. Every component
between the water source and the reservoir will be discussed in this paper, which focuses on everything
related to the transmission main. This includes pipeline route survey, water resource planning, pipeline
design and pipeline construction. Water treatment systems will only be introduced and discussed
briefly. For more information on these vital components of a water supply system, refer to the sources at
the end of this paper for further reading. All calculations and measurements were done using the metric
system. A large majority of communities that would find this information useful use the metric system.
If the system will be designed using english units, it is suggested that the conversions are made from
english to metric in the survey, design done in metric and then converted back to english units because
all of the tables used to design the system are in metric.
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