Gravity Based Water Supply System

No energy is required to operate the system as water is conveyed by gravity.

Gravity based water supply system.

Suggested guidelines for design parameters are also presented. Not applicable in plain or flat terrain where an elevation source of water supply is not available. Community water plus a research project has investigated twenty case studies of successful community managed rural water supply programmes across 17 states in india. Though the gravity based water supply system is a low cost implementation and low on maintenance funds required for its maintenance are raised by formation of a corpus village development fund vdf.

Each household contributes rs 10 per month for the upkeep of the system. Disadvantages of the gravity method. The theory of water system design is extensively covered in other publications. Water loss by leakage is comparatively higher as the system remains under constant pressure.

Gravity flow water distribution systems are reliable and cost effective over pumping systems as no external power is required to maintain the flow. Geo politically the project area was always neglected till the exploitation started in 1980s. The project focused on creation of gravity based water supply systems gbwss using natural springs and providing water to the tribal villages through pipelines. Generally the gravitational networks are designed as branched systems and in order to maintain their looped configuration the missing links are joined by pipes of nominal diameters.

A water and sanitation committee is formed from among the beneficiaries. Through these case studies the research has gained insight into the type and amount of support to community organisations that is. Of water system 1 2. No pump is required.