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Performance evaluation of existing water supply system: a case study

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The water supply system is one of the important hydraulic infrastructures in providing water to consumers. In Nepal, most of the water supply systems are managed by the water supply users’ committee (WSUC). In the present study, it is aimed to evaluate its institutional performance as the system reaches close to the end of design periods. Three water supply systems located in the three different wards are considered in the study. To gather relevant information as per methodology, water quality tests and field observations were carried out to collate primary data and various published field and research reports and related publications were reviewed for secondary data. Furthermore, the technical performance of the water supply system was analyzed based on water supply coverage, per capita consumption, water production for population, water quality test, and physical structure index. The analysis of the results indicates that 69.43% of the area is covered by piped water supply with per capita supply of 50.44 lpcd. The production of water was found as 0.13 m3/day/person. The quality of water at the source is found within National Drinking Water Quality Standards (NDWQS) limit and physical structure efficiency is worked out as 51%.

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  1. Madan Bhandari Memorial Academy Nepal, Pokhara University and Research Coordinator at United Technical College, Chitwan, Nepal

    A. K. Mishra

  2. School of Construction Management (SOCM), National Institute of Construction Management and Research (NICMAR), 25/1, Balewadi, NIA Post Office, Pune, 411045, India

    J. S. Sudarsan

  3. Centre for Advanced Research in Environment, School of Civil Engineering, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, 613401, India

    C. R. Suribabu

  4. Post Graduate and Research Department of Physics (Ultrasonic/NDT and Bio-Physics Divisions), Thiru. Vi. Kalyanasundaram Govt Arts and Science College (Affiliation-Bharadhidasan University, Thiruchirapalli), Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu, 610003, India

    S. Nithiyanantham

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Mishra, A.K., Sudarsan, J.S., Suribabu, C.R. et al. Performance evaluation of existing water supply system: a case study. Int J Energ Water Res 8, 269–278 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42108-022-00195-z

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