CE462A: Hydraulic and Hydrologic Desgin

Tutorial 7 - Design of Water Distribution System

NOTE: Make necessary assumptions and state them. The articles/clauses used from
codes/manuals should be appropriately referred.

1. A water distribution system is to be designed for a city that will commence functioning from
2025. The census data for the city is given below.

Year Population
1960 40,345
1970 45,675
1980 60,763
1990 76,345
2000 97,136
2010 1,26,845
2020 1,63,452

a. Estimate the population for which the water distribution system should be designed. Use
all the methods that are applicable.
b. Which method is more appropriate for the city and why?

2. A 3000 m long and 300 mm diameter cast-iron pipe (friction factor = 0.02) is connected at the
outlet of a pump station. Flow rates in the pipe are expected to be in the range 0.05 to 0.25
m3 /s. A fully open gate valve (minor loss coefficient = 0.3) is included in the pipe that exits to
a full storage reservoir. If the elevation difference between the storage reservoir and the source
reservoir is 40 m, compute the system curve and plot it.

3. The characteristic curve for a pump is approximate as

hp = 90 − 500Q2p

where hp is in m and Qp is in m3 /s. The suction and outlet pipes in the pump house are 3 m and
4 m, respectively, each having nominal diameter of 250 mm. The Hazen-William’s coefficient
for the pipes is 130. Draw the original and modified pump characteristics in the range 0.0 to
0.25 m3 /s, given that the following components are attached to suction and outlet pipes

Componet K Component K
Suction pipe Outlet pipe
Sharp-edge entrance 0.50 Control valve 0.25
Gate Valve 0.30 Check valve 1.50
90-degree bend 0.25 Gate valve 0.30
Reducer 0.03 90-degree bend 0.25

4. For the system and pump characteristic given in the above two questions, determine the oper-
ating point for the pump. Is single pump sufficient to meet the system requirements?

5. For the pump given in question 3, estimate the available net positive suction head for the entire
range of flow. Assume that the water is at 20-degree Celsius, the pump house is situated at an
elevation of 120 m above the mean sea level and the static suction head is 2 m.
The manufacture has provided the following equation for the required net positive suction head
(in m) for the pump.

NPSHR = 8 − 50Q2p

Is the pump location adequate to meet the NPSH requirements?