DESIGN OF RURAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM USING BRANCH 3.0 - A CASE STUDY FOR NAVA-SHIHORA REGION, INDIA

This paper demonstrates the design of rural water distribution system for a area located in the rural region. For this study, water supply distribution network is designed for population estimated for future 30 years. The heuristic software BRANCH version 3.0 has been used for designing best economical water distribution system. Intermittent water supply planned for the study area considering 100 lpcd water consumption. The economical diameter of water supply distribution system is designed by considering the constraint such as residual nodal pressure, velocity of flow in pipe, pipe material, reservoir level, peak factor and available commercial pipe diameters etc. The water supply distribution system is designed for the Nava-Sihora region of the state of Gujarat, India.