PART I – WATER SUPPLY ENGINEERING
1.1 QUANTITY OF WATER
WATER SUPPLY – NEED FOR PROTECTED WATER SUPPLY
– OBJECTIVES OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM –
DEMAND -TYPES OF DEMAND – PER CAPITA DEMAND –
PREDICTION OF POPULATION – PROBLEMS IN
ARITHMETICAL INCREASE METHOD, GEOMETRICAL
INCREASE METHOD, INCREMENTAL INCREASE METHOD
– SOURCES OF WATER – SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE
SOURCES.
1.2 INTAKES AND CONVEYANCE
INTAKES – TYPES OF INTAKES-DESCRIPTION OF INTAKESINFILTRATION GALLERIES AND INFILTRATION WELLS IN
RIVER BEDS – NECESSITY OF PUMPS – TYPES OF PUMPS
– PIPES FOR CONVEYANCE OF WATER – CAST IRON,
STEEL, G.I., CEMENT CONCRETE, R.C.C., HUME AND PVC
PIPES-PIPE JOINTS – LAYING AND TESTING OF PIPE
LINES – PIPE CORROSION – CORROSION CONTROL.