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Water Supply Engineering Course Outline

This document outlines a course on water supply engineering offered at Arba Minch University in Ethiopia during the 2012/13 academic year. The 3-credit course is intended to give students an understanding of topics like population forecasting, water demand, water sources, collection, and distribution. Upon completing the course, students will be able to describe these concepts and analyze water systems. The course will cover introductory topics, water quantity and demand calculations, water sources and conveyance methods, distribution systems, pumps, and developing water supply projects. Student performance will be evaluated through continuous assessments and a final exam.

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Water Supply Engineering Course Outline

This document outlines a course on water supply engineering offered at Arba Minch University in Ethiopia during the 2012/13 academic year. The 3-credit course is intended to give students an understanding of topics like population forecasting, water demand, water sources, collection, and distribution. Upon completing the course, students will be able to describe these concepts and analyze water systems. The course will cover introductory topics, water quantity and demand calculations, water sources and conveyance methods, distribution systems, pumps, and developing water supply projects. Student performance will be evaluated through continuous assessments and a final exam.

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ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY

ARBAMINCH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY


WATER SUPPLY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENG’G DEPARTMENT

Course Outline

Subject: Water Supply Engineering Year 2012/13


Credit: 3(2-3-0) Prerequisite: HE 2141
Subject Code-WEE - 2162 Semester: II
Section: G2WSEE-A, B, C, D
INSTRUCTOR: HABTAMU F. & SAMUEL B.

Course Objectives: The objective of this course is to give students a broad understanding of
population forecasting, water demand, water source, collection & distribution of water.
On Successful completion of the course the students will be able to describe water sources,
describe & compute water demand & population forecasting, describe how to collect &
distribute water with its analysis, describe different materials used to provide water for buildings
& etc.

DETAIL COURSE OUTLINE:


1. INTRODUCTION TO WATER SUPPLY
1.1 Necessity of Water Supply
1.2 Salient features of water supply Schemes
1.3 Need to protect Water Supply
1.4 Flow Chart of a Water Supply Scheme
1.5 Duties of Water Works Engineers
2. QUANTITY OF WATER
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Types of Water Demand
2.3 Factories affecting the rate of demand
2.4 Per Capita Demand
2.5 Design Period and Population Forecasting
2.6 Variation of Water Demand
3. SOURCE OF WATER
3.1 Selection of Sources of Water
3.2 Sources of Water
3.3 Definition of Terms relating to underground water sources
3.4 Classification of Well
3.5 Sinking of Well
3.6 Determination of Yield of Well
4. INTAKE AND CONVEYANCE
4.1 Selection of Intake Point
4.2 Type and construction of Intake Works

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4.3 Pipes for Conveyance
4.4 Pipe Joints and Corrosion
5. DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Methods of Distribution System
5.3 Layout of Distribution pipes
5.4 Types of Distribution Reservoirs
5.5 Requirements of Distribution System
5.6 Pipe Network Analysis
6. PUMPS
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Types and Selection of pumps
6.3 Design of Pump
7. PREPARATION OF WATER SUPPLY PROJECT

TENTATIVE BREAK-UP OF MARKS


Continuous Assessment: 50%
Final Exam: 50%
Total: 100%
GRADING SCHEME: The distribution of grade will be based on the fixed-scale university
grading system.

REFERENCES:
1. Water Supply & Sanitation Engineering G.S Birdie, 1999
2. Elements of Water Supply & Sanitation Bharat Singh
3. Water Supply, waste disposal & Environmental Engineering
4. A.K. CHATERJEE (1998)
5. Water Works Engineering Syed R. Qasim, Edward M. Motley, Guang Zhu (2004)
6. Any related materials

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