Design of Rural Water Supply System Using LOOP 4.0
1 PG Student (Hydraulic structure), Civil Engineering Department, The Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda 2 Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, The Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda Abstract— Water is a valuable resource, used as the main raw material by our civilization. This paper concerns for the design of rural water distribution system in developing countries. Approximate 68% population of India is staying in the rural area (census 2011, India). For this study, water supply distribution system is designed for population estimated for future 30 years. The heuristic software LOOP version 4.0 has been used for designing best economical water distribution system. Intermittent water supply planned for the study with 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. Keywords—Estimated population, Water distribution network design, LOOP version 4.0 software, Economical diameter, Rural water distribution system