CTARASummer Internship Project

Status Report10-Jun-2010

Outline

• Project Summary• Considerations• Achieved so far• What needs to be done• Gallery

Project Summary

• Techno-economic feasibility study of a piped water distribution for north Karjat

• Optimization of design• Approximately 100 hamlets• Almost no water in the region from February

to monsoons– Groundwater supplies (wells, handpumps) dry up– Rivers dry out– Not enough Dams

Considerations

• Source identification• Population forcasting• Cost of materials and labor• Per capita demand• Topographical data of region (elevation,

latitude, longitude)• Optimization of pipe diameters and economic

velocity of water

Achieved so far• Selection of target area• Construction of detailed, high resolution maps of

the region• Digitization of population data (obtained with the

help of Disha Kendra and Tehshil’s office) and lat/long and elevation of hamlets

• Multiple visits to Mr. Ade at Minor Irrigation, Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran (MJP) and Disha Kendra for guidance

• Field visit with MJP to Anjap Project

Achieved so far

• Used different methods to forcast population till 2050 (arithmetic, geometric, graphical, incremental increase)

• Detailed study of design software EPANET 2.0 and optimization program Branch 3.0 and Loop 4.0

• Creation of primary and secondary sample designs for testing

• Visited TATA Powers office for permission to visit their Bhivpuri hydro-power station

What needs to be done• Break target region into small clusters based on

elevation and relevant distances• Streamline design process (building of high resolution

maps and data entry)• Collect population data for villages not included in

census• Create a series of sample designs to present to MJP for

advice• Detailed exploration of lift-up points: Pej River, Poshir,

Barvi Dam, Bhivpuri• Find a reliable information source for river discharge

data

Gallery