Water for Institutional Needs

Sl.No. Institution Water Requirement (litres

per head per day)

1. Hospitals (including Laundry)

(a)No. of beds > 100 450 (per bed)
(b)No. of beds < 100 340 (per bed)

2. Hotels 180 (per bed)

3. Hostels 135
4. Boarding Schools/Colleges 135
5. Restaurants 70 (per seat)
6. Airports and Sea Ports 70
7. Day Schools/Colleges 45
8. Offices 45
9. Cinemas, Concert Halls and Theatres 15
Water Consumption for Various Purposes
Sl.No Types of Consumption Normal Range Average %
(litres/capita/day)
1. Domestic Consumption 65-300 160 35
2. Industrial and 45-450 135 30
Commercial Demand
3. Public Uses including 20-90 45 10
Fire Demand
4. Losses and Waste 45-150 62 25
 Breakup of Per Capita Demand for an
Average Indian City
Sl.No. Use Demand, Lpcd
1. Domestic 200
2. Industrial 50
3. Commercial 20
4. Public use 10
5. Wastes and Thefts etc. 55
Total 335
 Fire Demand
• Fire hydrants of 15-20cm diameter, normally provided on
all street corners and at suitable intermediate points.
• Minimum water pressure available at fire hydrants
should be of the order of 100 to 200 kN/m2 (0.1 to 0.2
N/mm2).
• For a fire of moderate nature, three jet streams are
simultaneously thrown from each hydrant; one on the
burning property and one each on adjacent property on
either side of the burning property. The discharge of
each stream should be about 1100 litres/minute.
• For Indian conditions, a provision of 1 litre per head per
day will be sufficient for fire fighting
 Fire Fighting Demand
• Empirical Formulae
Sl.No. Authority Formulae (P in thousand) Q for 1 lakh
Population

1. Kuchling’s Formula Q (Litres/min.) = 3182√P 31820

2. Freeman’s Formula Q (Litres/min.) = 1136 34080

3. National Board of 41760

Underwriters Formula
4. Buston’s Formula 56630

P = Population in thousands
Recommended minimum values for the above formula are:
t= 30mins and T=1year
Terms
• Design Period – It is the number of years for which
the system or component is to be adequate
• Design Population – The number of persons to be
served
• Design area – area to be served by the system or
component for the residential, commercial and
industrial districts and public areas
• Design Flows – rates of consumption for the
residential, commercial, industrial districts and public
areas of the city
Design Periods for Project Components
Sl.No. Component Design Period (Years)
1. Storage by Dams 50
2. Infiltration Works 30
3. Pump Sets
(i)All Prime Movers except electric motors 30
(ii)(ii) Electric Motors and Pumps 15

4. Water Treatment Units 15

5. Pipe connections to the several treatment 30
units and other small appurtenances
6. Raw water and clear water conveying mains 30
7. Clear water reservoirs at the head works, 15
balancing tanks and service reservoirs (over
head or ground level)

8. Distribution system 30
 Per Capita Demand
• Let the total annual volume of water
required for a population of ‘x’ =V
(in terms of litres (or) KL (or) ....
• Annual average water consumption
= V/365
by ‘x’ population (L/day)
• Annual average water consumption per
= V/(365 * x)
person per day (L/day/person)
Per Capita Demand
Factors affecting Per Capita Demand
• Size of the city
• Presence of Industries
• Climatic Conditions
• Habits of people and their economic status
• Quality of water
• Pressure in the distribution system
• Efficiency of water works administration
• Cost of water
• Policy of metering and charging method
 Fluctuations in Rate of Demand
• Variations in Water Consumption occur throughout
the day, week and season of the year
• The average annual water consumption is the total
water consumption for the year divided by the
number of days per year and the population of the city
• There will be a variation in water demand throughout
the day, week and the month. The variations area a
characteristic of each city and they must be
determined by studying water consumption or water
pumpage records for the city begin investigated
Average Daily Per Capita Demand = Quantity Required in 12 Months/(365 x Population)