Municipal Drinking Water

Distribution System
Design Project #2 - WSEDGPT
11/7/2018

Ramaiz Imran
Harry Vaslo
Ashly Psalms
Kayla Schalte
Joseph Lech
 Overview
Overview ● Background
● Design Requirements
● Assumptions and Determinations
● Design Description
○ System Pressure
○ Chlorination
○ Demand
○ Water Towers
○ Pump Design
○ Fire Hydrants
Background Nola Valley is experiencing rapid
growth and plans on new development
to expand. Our team has been
contracted to design a municipal water
system to accommodate the new
development.
Design ● Fire protection provided to all
households and apartments
Requirements
● Minimum water pressure at top of
apartment building 240 kPa
(~35 psi)
● Maximum system pressure 550
kPa (~80 psi)
● Maintain chlorine concentration in
system between 0.5 and 2 mg/L
Assumptions ●
●
Chlorination units at water towers
All nodes have initial chlorine
and concentration of 0.5 mg/L
Determinations ● Average daily water consumption of
person at home = 90 gallons/day
(Perlman)
● Auto-length used in EPANET to
determine pipe lengths
Design - Proposed and Final

Proposed Design New Design

Design Description

● 3 Pumps
● 2 Bypass Pipes
● 1 Pressure Release Valve
● 2 Water Towers
● 2 Additional Pipes
● Demand Patterns for Subdivisions
● Weekend and Weekday Patterns
● Chlorination provided at:
○ Well Field
○ Interconnect
○ 2 Water Towers
Video of System - Weekday
Video of System - Weekend
Video of System - Chlorine Concentration
Design - Sources of Error

● Tanks are not set to have a constant Figure 2: Source Quality Editor of Well Field Tank
chlorination in test
● Would use Source Quality Editor of node,
set an initial quality, and set the Source
Type to “Setpoint Booster”
○ Would give chlorine concentration to
water leaving the tank
● However, our EPANET model would not
have constant chlorination
Base ●
●
Honeycrest: 1.023 GPM/node
Old Town: 1.875 GPM/node
Demands ● Midtown: 0.9375 GPM/node
● Downtown: 3.6 GPM/node
● Industrial Park: 69.444 GPM/node
● Hilltop Apartments: 3.125 GPM/node
● Hilltop Subdivision: 1.3393 GPM/node
● School: 5.1 GPM/node
● University Subdivision: 1.40625
GPM/node
● Trailer Park: 1.1719 GPM/node
● The Ridge: 1.875 GPM/node
● Valley Shopping Mall: 86.81 GPM/node
 ● Honeycrest: 1,013.683 GPM/node
Fire-Flow ● Old Town: 1,014.535 GPM/node
Demands ● Midtown: 1,013.598 GPM/node
● Downtown: 8,734.292 GPM/node
● Industrial Park: 6,893.889 GPM/node
● Hilltop Apartments: 2,204.555
GPM/node
● Hilltop Subdivision: 1,014.0 GPM/node
● School: 3,681.494 GPM/node
● University Subdivision: 1,014.066
GPM/node
● Trailer Park: 1,013.832 GPM/node
● The Ridge: 1,014.535 GPM/node
● Valley Shopping Mall: 3,763.204
GPM/node
Water Tower Location:
Dimensions ● Well Field and Hilltop Subdivision

Dimensions:
● Volume for Well Field water tower
= 244,412 ft3
● Volume for Hilltop Subdivision
water tower = 53,501 ft3
● Initial Calculated Diameter = 50 ft
● Final Diameter = 100 ft

Elevations:
● Illustrated in Figure 3

Figure 3: Illustration of water towers

 Pump Curve/Design Specifications for pumps

● Flow of 725 GPM

● Total dynamic head
● Vertical turbine pump - closed
coupled
● Model J11LO
○ Use 60hz and 1770 RPM

Figure 4: Vertical Turbine Pump

 Figure 5: Pump Curve of J11LO Pump

Pump Curve/Design
○
 Pump Curves
Figure 6: System pump curves
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Valves & Fire Hydrants Per GLUMRB-Great Lakes Upper
Mississippi River Board (2003):

1. Commercial Districts:
● Hydrant Spacing: 90 m (~295 Ft)
● Valve Spacing: 150 m (~493 Ft)
2. Residential Districts:
● Hydrant Spacing: 180 m (~590 Ft)
● Valve Spacing: 250 m (~820 Ft)

NOTES: Minimum of two public fire

hydrants must be within 500 feet of
every building.
Valves & Fire
Hydrants

Figure 7:
Example
hydrant and
valve
distances
Valves & Fire
Hydrants

Figure 8: All
hydrant and
valves in
system
Works Cited
● Davis, M. L. (2010). Water and wastewater engineering:
Design principles and practice. New York: McGraw-Hill.
● Perlman, H., & USGS. (n.d.). Water Questions &
AnswersHow much water does the average person use at
home per day? Retrieved from
https://water.usgs.gov/edu/qa-home-percapita.html
● How We Use Water. (2018, February 05). Retrieved from
https://www.epa.gov/watersense/how-we-use-water
● Vertical Turbine Pumps - Close Coupled. (n.d.).
Retrieved from
https://www.nationalpumpcompany.com/products/vertica
l-turbine-close-coupled
● Engineering catalog 60 HZ Curves. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.nationalpumpcompany.com/wp-content/uplo
ads/2017/02/NPCEngineeringCatalog12WEBFINAL.pdf
Questions?