Gravity Flow Water System

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Gravity flow water system.

If this is your first gravity flow water system and you want to begin designing or check if a design will work keep on reading. The exercises follow a logical order for designing a distribution system and increase in difficulty. It consists of a cistern or holding tank at a higher elevation than the point of use. Before the system can be designed the area must be surveyed.

3 how it s organized. An intake that is screened from debris and submerged sufficiently to ensure no air enters the pipeline a properly sized pipe diameter considering the pipeline length the elevation difference the energy available to move water and the water flow required. General system design and design parameters i t. The system cost 130 per family and took 30 people 18 days to build.

The system consists of. Gravity flow water systems practical design notes for simple rural water systems contents pagec 1 introduction 2. The following are a list of design parameters that are important in the design of gravity flow water systems. Pipeline design 5 summary of suggested design guidelines 19 l 1 3 6 11 2 5 10 18 appendices a.

This allows gravity to do all the work of moving the water through the system eliminating the need for a water pump whether mechanical or electric. This section contains photographs that detail the construction of a gravity flow water system for 32 families. A main pipeline including a pipe bridge. One of the most basic ways to build a running water system is the gravity fed system.

Jordan jnr intermediate technology publishing. Condensed from a handbook of gravity flow water systems thomas d. It can be downloaded as a pdf. General explanation of flow.

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