Water and Wastewater Calculation Spreadsheet Instructions

Spreadsheet Version: 2013.08

1. For use with EMI's Civil & Environmental Preliminary Design Guide for Undeveloped Site
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Code

Building

User Type

Users
(Capita) per
Building

No. of
Buildings
Drinking

Cooking

Water Usage Rates in Liters per Capita per Day (Lpcd)1

Domestic
Utensil
House
Clothes
Washing
Washing
Washing
Bathing
Toilets

Wastewater Production (Lpd)3

Other

Institutional
Full-time
Hospital
Day-use
Hospital

Total per Capita Total Usage per

Usage (Lpcd)
Day2 (Lpd)
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ADDITIONAL USES
Agriculture

Graywater @

Blackwater @
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TOTAL GRAYWATER
Notes
1
Usage determined based on local information or from the EMI Civil Preliminary Design Guide
2
The total usage rate is calculated by multiplying the per capita usage rate by the total number of users
(i.e. users for all buildings).
3
Watewater production is equal to total water usage, which assumes that inflow & infiltration replaces any water consumed.

Other
TOTAL WATER USAGE
L/day
L/month

m3/month
WELL PUMP CAPACITY
L/hour
Pump Hours per
Day
L/day
% Capacity

TOTAL BLACKWATER
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WATER STORAGE
Storage Required
Tank Shape
Tank Battery (Group of Tanks)

days =

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Single Tank Size

Tank Side
Other Tank Side

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Tank Freeboard
Total Tank Height

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Tank Volume
Number of Tanks

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Tank Spacing
Number of Tank Rows

Num. of Tank Columns

Required Footprint
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APPROX. HEIGHT OF STORAGE
Pressure Required

kPa =

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Depth to Water
(cm)

Depth

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Application Rate (lpd / m2)
#N/A
Soil Characterization
Depth

(min/25 mm)

Soil Type

Notes

Wastewater Primary Treatment (Septic Tanks)1

Building
Code

Building

Total Users

Tank Dimensions (m)

Total Graywater Total Blackwater

(Lpd)
(Lpd)
Septic Tank Code Users per Tank

0
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Liquid Wastewater
per Tank (Lpd)

A: Liquid Retention
Volume (L)

B: Scum & Storage

Capacity (L)

Design Constants

F = Sludge Digestion Rate Factor:

Septic Tank Receives:
40 L/person/yr

Required Freeboard:

Width2
-

meters

Sludge Digestion Rate Factor (F)

F if ambient temp >20
degrees C throughout the
year

Number of years
between desludging

Length3

Length 1st
Compartment

Length 2nd
Compartment
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Water Depth4
-

Notes
1
Septic tank design based on "A Guide to Development of On-Site Sanition" by the World Health Organization, 1992, using the following criteria
for liquid retention times:
If Q < 6,000 L/day, T = 24 hours
If 14,000 L/day > Q > 6,000 L/day, T = 33 - 0.001Q hours
If Q > 14,000 L/day, T = 12 hours
where: Q = tank inflow and T = retention time
And the following formula for scum & storage capacity: B = P x N x F x S
where: B = the required sludge and scum storage capacity in liters
P = Number of people served
N = Number of years between dislodging
F = Sludge digestion rate factor
S = Rate of sludge and scum accumulation (25 L/person/yr receiving only blackwater; 40 L/person/yr all wastewater)
2
Minimum width (W) of 0.6m.
3
Total length = 2W (first compartment) + W (second compartment).
4
Depth of water only, not less than 1.2m (1.5m preferred) or greater than total length; Height must include additional freeboard (open space)
above water surface in tank.

N = Years between Desludging:

Rate of Sludge and Scum

Accumulation:

Total Volume (m3)

Required (A+B)

F if ambient temp >10

degrees C throughout the
year

F if ambient temp <10 degrees C

during winter

1.3

1.5

1.15

2.5
1.5

1.27

1.15

1.06

6 or more

Height

Resulting Tank Storage

Volume (m3)

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Code

Building

Total Users

0
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Total Graywater Total Blackwater

(Lpd)
(Lpd)
Wastewater to Load
System (Lpd)

Rectangular Pit Dimensions (m)

Infiltrative
Area (m2)

System Description

Length

Width

Depth

Wastewater Secondary Treatment & Disposa

Soak B

Circular Pit Dimensions (m)

Bottom
Area

Wall Area

Number of
Pits

Proposed
Diameter

Bottom Area

Circular Wall
Area

Depth

Depth
per Pit

Number of Proposed Field

Pits
Width

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Design Constants
Wastewater Application Rate:

Lpd/m2

Building
Code

Building

Total Users

Wastewater Secondary Treatment & Disposal Options

Soak Bed Dimensions (m)

Total Graywater Total Blackwater

(Lpd)
(Lpd)

Infiltrative Depth
0

0
0

Necessary Field
Length

Pipe
Spacing

Trench Dimensions (m)

Shoulder
Width

Number of Pipe
Lengths

Proposed Trench
Width

Infiltrative Depth

Total Necessary
Trench Length

Number of
Trenches

Length of Each
Trench

Trench
Spacing

Total Width

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VIP LATRINE DESIGN

N (effective life of the pit in years)
P (avg number of people using the pit daily)
R (estimated sludge accumulation rate for a single person in m 3/year)
V (effective volume of the pit (m3) = N x P x R
Diameter of the bottom of the pit (m)
Sludge Depth (m)
Q (water used for flushing in liters per day per person)
A (application rate in lpd/m2)
Infiltration Depth (m)=
Pit Depth (m) = Sludge Depth + Infiltration Depth + 0.5m

Sludge Accumulation Rate

Wastes retained in water where degradable anal cleaning materials are used
Wastes retained in water where non-degradable anal cleaning materials are used
Waste retained in dry conditions where degradable anal cleaning materials are used
Wastes reatained in dry conditions where non-degradable anal cleaning materials are used

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R
40
60
60
90

Water Usage Rates in Liters per Capita per Day (Lpcd)1

Village
Name

User Group

Number of
Groups

Domestic

Users per
Group
Drinking

Cooking

Utensil
Washing

House
Washing

Clothes
Washing

Animals
Bathing

Toilets

Other

Cow & Buffalo

Total per
Capita Usage
(Lpcd)
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Notes
1
Usage determined based on local information or from the EMI Civil Preliminary Design Guide (Appendix A, Indian Standards of Water
Usage)
2
The total usage rate is calculated by multiplying the per capita usage rate by the total number of users
(i.e. users for all buildings).

Total Usage
Total Usage per per Village
Day2 (Lpd)
per Day (Lpd)
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