Contents
1. Important Terms
2. Water Supply System
3. Requirements of Good Distribution System
4. Layout
5. Single and Dual Piping Systems
a. Working
b. Advantages
c. Disadvantages
6. Gravity Water Supply System
a. Working
b. Advantages
c. Disadvantages
7. Hydro Pneumatic Water Supply System
a. Working
b. Advantages
c. Disadvantages
Important Terms
➔ Reclaimed Water: Recycled water that can be used for irrigation in public parks,
sports facilities, fire protection , toilet flushing, mixing concrete mix, etc.
➔ Potable Water: Water that is suitable for human consumption, food
preparation, utensil washing and oral hygiene.
➔ Backflow: Backflow is the unplanned reversal of flow of water (or water and
contaminants) into the water supply system.
Water Supply System
➔ An infrastructure for the collection, transmission, treatment, storage, and
distribution of water.
➔ A system is created for:
◆ Homes
◆ Commercial establishments
◆ Industry
◆ Irrigation
Requirements of Good Distribution System
1. Water quality should not get deteriorated in the distribution pipes.
2. It should be capable of supplying water at all the intended places with sufficient
pressure head.
3. It should be capable of supplying the requisite amount of water during fire
fighting.
Layout
1. The layout should be such that no consumer would be without water supply,
during the repair of any section of the system. An isolating valve must be fitted
at the point of connection to allow for maintenance and repair of the building’s
water supply system if required.
2. All the distribution pipes should be preferably laid one metre away or above
the sewer lines.
3. It should be fairly watertight as to keep losses due to leakage to the minimum.
4. The system must be designed and used to prevent contamination from
backflow.
Single Piping
Supply
➔ A single- main
system is one in
which a single
main (pipe)
serves both
sides of a street.
Advantages
➔ Inexpensive.
➔ Easy to lay down, even on a larger scale.
➔ Easy to maintain.
Disadvantages
➔ Doesn’t ease the water scarcity problem.
➔ Causes inconvenience during the repair of any section of the system.
➔ Potable and non- potable water are supplied through the same pipe causing
severe health concerns.
Dual Piping Supply
➔ Dual piping is a system of plumbing
installations used to supply both potable
and reclaimed water to a home or
business.
➔ The systems are designed as two
separate pipe networks:
◆ A potable water distribution system
◆ A reclaimed water distribution system
➔ This system prevents mixing of the two
water supplies, which is undesirable,
since reclaimed water is usually not
intended for human consumption.
Difference between potable and non- potable water supply system