Storage and Supply
A presentation on operation and maintenance of water supply systems
Posted on 12 May, 2009 11:19 AMThe presentation by M N Thippeswamy (Retd. Chief Engineer of BWSSB) deals with the operation and maintanance of water supply systems. The structure of the presentation is as follows -
- Key issues regarding water supply scenario around the World
- Definition of Operation and Maintenance
- Key issues before the water authorities for water supply O & M
- Objectives of Operational System and Management
- O & M of Water Resources for quality and quantity
- O & M of Conveyance system of water resources
- O & M of Water Treatment Plant
- O & M of service reservoirs and distribution pipeline
- O & M of drinking water quality maintaining and surveillance
- O & M of billing and collection
- O & M of Energy Audit
- Water Audit and Leakage Control
- System Management
- Public Private Partnership (PPP / PSP)
Proposed water supply and sewerage project for Sangli Miraj Kupwad municipal corporation: a municipal initiative in Maharashtra
Posted on 11 May, 2009 04:21 PMThe paper is based on the initiatives taken by the Sangli-Miraj Kupwad Municipal Corporation (SMK-MC) in the state of Maharashtra.
Water supply system for London city - the ring main system of Thames
Posted on 11 May, 2009 03:20 PMThis deals with the Thames Water Ring Main Extensions and its plan to increase the area served by its London Ring Main by constructing two extensions in a £90m project. The tunnelling will take place in north-east and south-east London and will help Thames Water to meet the capital's growing demand for water. The Ring Main was built to improve the speed and efficiency of transferring supplies of drinking water across the capital.
Deep tunnel sewarage system of Singapore
Posted on 11 May, 2009 03:15 PMThis deals with the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS) which has been developed as an efficient and cost-efficient solution to meet Singapore’s long-term needs for used water collection, treatment, reclamation and disposal. Conceptualised and managed by PUB, it was conceived as a cost-effective and sustainable solution to meet Singapore’s long-term used water needs.
Source South Asia 2008, Issue 11 (11 Nov 08)
Posted on 16 Nov, 2008 03:51 AM
Since its foundation in 1968, the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) has facilitated the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organisations can better suppor
Rainbow Drive Layout -- A model for urban water management ?
Posted on 10 Nov, 2008 10:10 AMBangalore's sprawling expansion outpaces the public utility's ability to accommodate skyrocketing demand for water and sanitation services, and it is increasingly common for new residential communities to assume total management for their own water and sanitation services through their resident welfare associations.
Blog action day -- Water and poverty
Posted on 15 Oct, 2008 10:24 PMToday is Blog Action Day 2008, where blogs all over the world are writing about poverty. We thought we would use this opportunity to talk about water and poverty.
FLOW, the film
Posted on 29 Sep, 2008 07:15 PMThese facts may surprise you: 1.1 billion people live without clean drinking water.* There are over 116,000 human-made chemicals that are finding their way into public water supply systems.* Water is a $400 billion dollar global industry; the third largest behind electricity and oil.* Flow, a new film about the implications of the world water crisis, can help you wrap your head around those dis