„Design and Construction

of Small Water Systems“

American Water Work Association

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 Design and Construction Small Water Systems
American Water Works Association
• Selecting a Water Source
– Water resources, water quality, water quantity, water rigths
• Drinking water regulations
– Safe drinking water act, monitoring and reporting, proposed SDWA rules
and authorization
• Ground water as water supply source
– Groundwater basics, groundwater quality, developing a groundwater
supply, wells, springs
• Surface water as a water supply source
– Source water protection, watershed protection, lakes and reservoires,
rivers and streams, treatment of surface water
• Water treatment
– Pretreatment, areation, coagulation and flocculation, sedimentation and
clarification, filtration, membrane technologies, disinfection, …..
• Water distribution and storage
– Pumping facilities, distribution lines, storage … distribution records,

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 Hydroplical cycle

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 Groundwater formation

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 Groundwater contamination

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 Hydraulic characteristics

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 Groundwater variations

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 Well
protection
area

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 Capture zone
determination

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 Effect of pumping rate

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 Effect of aquifer material

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 Overlapping cones

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 Gravel
packed well

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 Open
borehole
well

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 Spring components

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 Small reservoir

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 Surface water treatment

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 the ultimate
„On Site
Solution“ …..

Rainwater
Harvesting

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 Water
treatment

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 Dynamic head
well
installation

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 System
head curve

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