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DESIGN & ANALYSIS OF WATER DISTRIBUTION

NETWORK MODEL BY EPANET
A CASE STUDY
Aniket Wadekar1, Chaitrali Narsule2, Ashish Sawant3, Gitesh Parab4
1 (VIVA Institute of technology, India)
2 (VIVA Institute of technology, India)
3 (VIVA Institute of technology, India)
4 (VIVA Institute of technology, India)

Abstract : Water is one of the primary needs of all living being of world. Water supply system is a system of
engineered hydraulic and components which provide water supply. The water distribution network plays a virtual
role in preserving and providing desirable life quality to the public, of which reliability of supply is the major
component. A community can only thrive if it can ensure the availability of safe drinking water for its members. As
the population of any community increases, the demand for water also increases and imposes additional load to
the existing water distribution system. As a result, the existing water distribution system may become unreliable to
meet the demand of the increased population. In order to fulfil the water demand of the continuously growing
population, it is essential to provide the sufficient and uniform quantity of water through the designed network of
pipes. EPANET is computer program that performs extended period simulation of hydraulic behaviour within
pressurized pipe network. The study presents the hydraulic analysis of pipe line network of Narangi area in Virar
city using EPANET 2.0. The result obtained verified that the pressure at all junction and the flows with their
velocities at all pipes are feasible enough to provide adequate water to the network of study area and also help to
understand the pipelines system of the study area in a better way. The study also deals with the future demand of
the area.
Keywords- EPANET 2.0, Nodes, Pipe Network, Pressure, Water Supply

I. Introduction

Hydraulic structure consisting of elements such as pipes, tanks pumps and valves etc. is a part of water distribution
system. It is the component connected between the water supply sources and the consumer. It is a careful
conveyance system that allows water to be moved through piping before reaching the consumer’s tap. Water
distribution systems which is important factor are usually owned and maintained by local governments such as
cities but are irregularly operated by a commercial enterprise. The first step is planning of water distribution
systems city planners’ engineer who must consider many factors such as location, current demand, future growth,
pipe sizes, head loss, firefighting, leakages, etc. using pipe network analysis and other tools. It is crucial to provide
water to the consumers; effective water supply is of paramount importance in designing a new water distribution
network or in expanding the existing one. It is also essential to investigate and establish a reliable network ensuring
adequate head. Computation of flows and pressures in network pipes have been of great value and interest for
those involved with designs, construction and maintenance of public water distribution systems. A water system
has two primary requirements. Firstly, it needs to deliver adequate amounts of water to meet consumption
requirements. Secondly, the water system needs to be reliable; the required amount of water needs to be available
24 hours a day. Significant progress has been made in recent times in various aspects of water supply and
distribution.This study aimed to design and analyse the water distribution network using EPANET Software for
Narangi area, Virar

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II. Literature study

1) Extending EPANET capabilities with Add-In Tools (2016)
P.L. Iglesias, F.J. Martínez, J.V. Ribelles
Although EPANET is universally accepted as a reference model in the analysis of water distribution networks, its
editing capabilities, information processing and post-processing features have been shown clearly insufficient. For
this, in this work a new platform for information exchanging between EPANET and third parties’ programs have
been developed. This new link allows using EPANET's GUI and simultaneously extend its editing capabilities, its
computing resources and its processing capabilities.
2) Water Distribution Network using EPANET: A Case Study of Olpad Village,
Surat district, Gujarat (Feb 2019)
Nisha Patel, Ankita Parmar
In this work, the existing water distribution system is analyzed with the help of EPANET in which the number of
nodes, pipes, elevation and demand of Olpad village used. The main focused of this study is to analyzed the water
distribution and identify the results in its analysis. The analysis was found that the resulting pressures at all
junctions and the flow with their velocities at all pipes are enough to provide the water to the study area. This study
would help the water supple engineers in saving the time as it this process is fast and less difficult. To achieve base
demand discharge should be increased.
3) EPANET MSX (2014)
L.Monteiro, D.Covas, J.Menaia, S.T.Coelhoa
While the 2R model conceptually approaches better the processes involved in bulk chlorine consumption in supply
systems, namely by incorporating fast and slow decay terms, and depending less on wall decay calibration,
similarly satisfactory descriptions of chlorine decay were produced with the 1st and nth order models. Hence, 2R
and 1st and nth order fewer complex models may be successfully used alike for simulating chlorine decay in
supply systems, provided that a sound calibration of wall reaction rate coefficient is performed.
4) Water supply network using EPANET through hydraulic modelling (March 2016)
Shivalingaswami.S.H., Vijaykumar.H, Nagaraj.S. Patil
In this research the distribution network of Bagalkot (Navanagar) sector was analyzed according to sector 64,65,
and 66. The water distribution network has 186 links, 120nodes, and 01 tank.The main aim of this research was to
check the water distribution network and find the deficiencies (if any) in the analysis. At the end of the analysis, it
was found that the resulting pressures at all the nodes and the links velocities are satisfying enough to provide
water to the study area.
2.1 Information about EPANET 2.0 Software:
Program version: EPANET Version 2.0 (Release 2.00.09a)
Distribution: Web downloads (http://www.epa.gov/ORD/NRMRL/wswrd/epanet.html)
OS requirements: DOS, MS-Windows (95, 98, ME, NT, 2000)
Hardware requirements:
Processor: 80486 or higher
Hard disk: 2 Megabytes
RAM: 16 Megabytes
Calculation method: Hazen-Williams, Darcy-Weisbach, Chezy-Manning
Calculation capacity: No limit on number of nodes, pipes, pumps, valves, reservoirs, etc.
Data Input: Graphic oriented input with optional import of ASCII text file
Data Output: Graphic and tabular output including export to Windows clipboard and files.
Network Layout: True scale or unscaled network layout with optional background map
Language: English
Handbook: English, 200 pages with tutorial (pdf-file, downloadable)
Support: On-line help, web page, EPANET Users Group list server
No. of installations: Thousands of users world-wide
Pricing: Free
Freely Available: Full source code and Programmer’s Toolkit

III. METHODOLOGY
3.1 Study Area
The Narangi area, Virar City, Taluka: -Vasai, District: -Palghar selected for the study purpose. Narangi is located
at 19.4742°N 72.8107°E. It has an average elevation of 11 metres (36 feet). The climate of the village is tropical.
During Summer, the humidity level is very high and in winter the climate is almost always dry. Narangi falls in a

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region of high to very high rainfall often experiencing devastating rainfall in the monsoon period of June to
September, every year. Narangi falls under the jurisdiction of Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation, a recently
formed civic body in the region.
The existing Elevated Service Reservoir (ESR) of 20,00,000 lit. Capacity and Full Supply Level
(FSL) is 36.04 meters and Low Supply Level (LSL) is 33.04 meters. The Ground Level (GL) of
ESR is 27.04 meters.

Fig. 2: Google map of Narangi area

3.2 Physical Components

A) Junctions- This are points where pipes join together and itis the place where water enters and leaves. The basic
input data for junctions include elevation, water demand and initial water quality. The output data computed
includes hydraulic head, Pressure and water quality
B) Reservoirs- These are the nodes that represents water sources like lakes, rivers and ground water aquifers.
Hydraulic head and initial water quality a reservoir are the initial input properties of reservoir. It has no computed
output parameters.
C) Tanks- Storage tanks used to store water. The input properties include bottom elevation, diameter, and initial
and maximum water level. The output data computed are hydraulic head.
D) Pipes- Links that carry water from one network to another. The input parameters include start and end nodes,
length, diameter and roughness coefficient. Computed output parameters include head loss, velocity, flow rate
and Darcy-Weisbach friction factor.
E) Pump- Links that impart energy to a fluid thereby raising its hydraulic head. The primary input data includes
pump curve and start and end nodes. The principal output data includes flow and head gain. Pump offers
unidirectional flow only.

Fig. 4: Physical Components in a Water Distribution System

3.3 POPULATION FORECAST
Table 1: Population for the year of 2023 ,2033 and 2043

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Types of methods 2023 2033 2043

Arithmetical Increase Method 4917 5424 5931
Incremental Increase Method 5298 6567 8217
Geometric Increase Method 5732 6203 7366

IV. RESULT & Conclusion

table 2:
PIPE NODE D LENGTH PIPE NODE D LENGTH
NO. FROM TO (mm) (M) NO. FROM TO (mm) (M)
1 1 2 600 478 18 18 19 150 71
2 2 3 600 21 19 20 20 150 46
3 3 4 500 45 20 20 21 150 71
4 4 5 500 142 21 22 22 150 234
5 5 6 450 89 22 9 23 150 193
6 6 7 450 166 23 10 24 150 224
7 7 8 450 118 24 24 25 150 143
8 8 9 450 152 25 24 26 150 63
9 9 10 150 110 26 27 28 300 68
10 10 11 150 63 27 28 29 150 88
11 4 12 150 112 28 28 30 250 112
12 12 13 150 42 29 30 31 150 98
13 13 14 150 98 30 30 32 150 56
14 3 15 150 123 31 32 33 150 51
15 15 16 150 178 32 32 38 150 44
16 16 17 150 87 33 38 39 150 24
17 8 18 150 164 34 39 40 150 24

PIPE NODE D LENGTH

NO. FROM TO (mm) (M)
35 39 41 150 50
36 34 42 150 27
37 41 43 150 57
38 38 44 150 52
39 44 45 150 51
40 45 46 150 85
41 45 47 150 44
42 44 48 150 98
43 36 49 150 90
44 49 50 150 36
45 50 51 150 41
46 50 52 150 64
47 49 53 150 171
48 53 54 150 217
49 53 55 150 64
50 6 56 150 132
51 7 57 300 106
52 57 58 150 138
53 57 59 300 102
54 59 60 150 104
55 60 61 150 76

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The modelling provides information such as flows in pipes, pressures at junctions, propagation of a contaminant,
water age, and even alternative scenario analysis. This helps to compute pumping energy and cost and then model
various types of valves, including shutoffs, check pressure regulating and flow control.
The main objective of this project is to analyse the flow of water in water distribution network throughout the
selected Area and check whether there is any shortage of water at particular node. And also explains about the
daily usage of water in the selected Area. This study would help the water supply engineers in saving time as it this
process is fast and less tedious. Discharge should be increase to achieve the base demand. The allowable leakage in
the system up to 10% can be design using EPANET model. To stimulate leakage above 10% the EPANET
extensions are required. Using tools like EPANET, the analysis can be done within time even for complex
network. Designed network can also withstand for 5% increase in population. The resulting pressure at all node &
the flows with them velocities at all links are sufficient enough to provide water to studied area

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