WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK RE-DESIGN FOR SVNIT SURAT CAMPUS

Abstract

Main objective of paper is to design and evaluate the water distribution network due to
revision in water demands at SVNIT Surat’s campus. SVNIT’s water distribution work has been
chosen to help for further designing of an optimum pipe network that will be capable of satisfying the
future water requirements. In performing the complete work, Arc-GIS 4.2 was used to identify the
locations, element and joints while WaterGems software has been used in order to attain perfection in
every aspect of the work. The water demands increased significantly due to new constructions to meet
the needs of increasing population in the campus. Different kinds of pipes available in the market and
their cost are referred from standard manual issued by government of Gujarat. Paper presents an
output which is good, economical and well optimized in all aspects of a good water distribution
network. The total study area has been divided into four different zones Academic, Residential,
Administrative and Other zones to simplify the work. The two categories of network are Gravity
network and Pressurized Network. The total network is divided into two categories based upon the
fundamental whether the required head is more or less than the available head. The optimization of
distribution network is done using WaterGems. The total cost of the water distribution networkhas
been calculated.