Water Audit of the campus of Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology

Abstract

The project of water audit carried out in the Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering, Tavanur aims to counter the depleting water resources and ill usage of water by identification of the problems, leak points, losses, wastage and giving suggestions to minimize the same. The evaluation of water sources which pumped water throughout the campus was the foremost step of the water audit of the campus and then water meters were installed at suitable distribution points to measure the usage. Water meter indicates the measured value of water usage at that particular location. The readings of these water meters were taken at an interval of 24 hours, for a time period of 1 month. At the same time estimated value of water usage is calculated by using the standards specified by WHO. A comparison of the measured and estimated values was done to get the losses. Also the discharge from the overhead tank was compared with the water usage at different locations and the wastage of water from overhead tank was calculated. The results depicted a bulk of water wasted by leaks or real losses and over usage of water at most of the distribution points. Some suggestions to curb these losses are inspection of complete water distribution system to detect leakage, replacement of old fittings and joints as well as replacement of corroded pipes, generating awareness to limit wastage of water at households and hostels etc.