Decision Support System (DSS) For Domestic Well-Water Treatment Plant Installation

Quality water for human consumption is germane to living healthy. This has led to individuals and communities sinking borehole in their homes and communities. Due to Naira devaluation, the cost of boreholes installation has increased beyond their reach. Therefore, this study employed the usage of domestic well water treatment as a means of quality water production for human consumption. A plant of 6,000 liters capacity was designed and installed. An estimated cost of each unit, the labor involved, interest rate of capital involved, possible units and their components and due date determination for the project were done. Decision Support System (DSS) written in JAVA Programming Language was developed for easy computation and decision making. This decision support system was tested and validated using a case study. The estimated cost for the whole project in this study was N465,000 compared with the installation of the borehole of 1.5 million Naira (N1,500,000). This project caused a reduced cost of 69%. The due date for the project was predicted to be 97 days but the project was completed in 92 days, which showed that the effectiveness is 94.85% and risk involved in this project to be 5.15%.