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Intake Tower Existing Dam

- A 10m high intake tower has been constructed upstream of an existing dam to control water entry into proposed waterways. - The tower contains a 3.3m x 3.3m stem, two sets of emergency gates with trash racks, a control room, and a 40m footbridge. Access is provided via steel stairways and platforms. - The tower is designed to convey 40,000 m3/day of raw water to a nearby water treatment plant by determining appropriate invert levels and sizes based on sediment storage, submergence, head losses, and hydraulic computations.

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Intake Tower Existing Dam

- A 10m high intake tower has been constructed upstream of an existing dam to control water entry into proposed waterways. - The tower contains a 3.3m x 3.3m stem, two sets of emergency gates with trash racks, a control room, and a 40m footbridge. Access is provided via steel stairways and platforms. - The tower is designed to convey 40,000 m3/day of raw water to a nearby water treatment plant by determining appropriate invert levels and sizes based on sediment storage, submergence, head losses, and hydraulic computations.

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Intake Tower existing Dam

To control and regulate the entry of water from the reservoir to the
proposed types of waterway a
10m high intake tower has been provided upstream of the dam body. The
tower is located on the
left abutment at 234353E, 743420N adjacent to the toe of the upstream
dam body.
To ensure the effective withdrawal of the reservoir water and fulfill
all the functional
requirement of the outlet work the following arrangement has been
provided to the intake tower:
A 3.3m X 3.3m rectangular stem and 10m high from its base at
2597masl up to
2606masl ;
Two sets of emergency gate accompanied by vertically slide trash
racks.
An rectangular control room superstructure building at the top of
the Intake Tower,
2m long sided and 2m high, housing the lifting gear for the various
hydro mechanical
equipment.
A 40m long footbridge from the superstructure building to left
abutment Dam crests
level ground.
Access to the base of the tower will be by steel stairways in the
Intake Tower stem, with steel
platforms at 5.6 m intervals of height. Space is also allowed in the
Intake Tower stem for an
access shaft, for removal of the hydro mechanical equipment

1.1.2 Outlet Pipes


1.1.2.1 Determination of Outlet Design Discharge
Outlet works controls are designed to release water as specific
rates, as indicated by downstream
needs, and according to the the gewha water supply project the total
water suplly demand and
live stokGefersa water treatment facility is designed to produce
30,000 m³ per day or 0.347
m³/sec treated potable water. Thus to ensure this production target
sufficient amount of raw water
should be conveyed into the treatment plant. Accordingly with the
absence of the actual raw
water requirement of the scheme the outlet structure has been
designed to convey 40,000 m³ per
day or 0.463 m³/sec of raw water into the treatment plant.
Determination of Outlet Levels
According to the as built drawing done by the COYNE ET BELLIER and
Tractable
Development Engineering Consultants the invert level of the existing
outlet pipe is 2595.5
m.a.s.l And in order to ensure the supply of the required discharge
the invert level of the inlet
gate has been determined considering the 50 years sediment storage
level, the minimum
submergence and total head needed upstream of the outlet pipe to
avoid air entrainment and
overcome the various head losses in the pipe.
According to the hydrology study of the project the annual entry of
sediment into Gefersa dam
III reservoir is estimated to be around 0.330MCM and the required
reservoir level to
accommodate the 50 years 2597Mm3 sediment load is computed to be at
2599masl which is
higher than the outlet pipes invert level.
In the new provision of intake tower the minimum level is considered
by fixing the required
demand of wet and dry season. Thus, an invert level of 2598.5
m.a.s.l. is fixed for dry season as
well as 2601 and 2603.75 m.a.s.l. for wet season of rainfall

Design Consideration
The design of new intake tower which is to be build has considered
the following key
assumptions in order to be safe in function and economical.
Short distance location of pedestrian bridge for gate operation and
easily maintain work
inside on tower.
Cost effective tower integrated with its accessory like provision
of sliding gate, ladders,
flow control valves, trash rack, and stop log hydro mechanical
equipment.
Easily and cost effective system of construction stages and
selection of materials.
Hydraulic computation of Intake structure
The head loss calculations are shown in the following section in
detail and the summery of the
reservoir control points are shown below.
Full Reservoir Level = 2604.5m
50 Years sediment storage level = 0.330MCM
Sill elevation of outlet pipe (Intake One) = 2603.75m
Sill elevation of outlet pipe (Intake Two) = 2601m
Sill elevation of outlet pipe (Intake Three) = 2597m

Size of steel pipe conduit = 500mm
Sill elevation of the lower intake tower inlet = 2598 m
Maximum Discharge for Intake 1 and 2= 1.98m3/s and Minimum=
0.53m3/s
Maximum Discharge for Intake 3= 1.94m3/s and Minimum= 0.39m3/s
As the quality of water decrease downward from the full reservoir
level two additional inlet
opening with trash rack and emergency gate has been provided at
2603.75 and 2601 so that the
withdrawal of good quality of water can be ensured for most of the
plant operation period.
Calculation of required discharge is based on maximum and minimum
reservoir level in addition
to consider depletion time of empty reservoir with in short period.
So the total head loss (KL) and
iterate optimum size of pipe diameter in accordance with hydraulic
efficiency of the pipe outlet
system. Thus, the formula used from small dams , where a1 is the
required area of pipe size in addition
to head and total head loss calculation.
Q= a1 sqrt(2g HT/KL)

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