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Rural area demand 2025 AD, incremental increase

Short answer

Population in 2025 by incremental increase method: 20,153. Total water requirement: 1,074 m3/day (12.4 l/s) including 15% losses.

Estimate the total water requirement for a rural area for the year 2025 AD by forecasting the population by incremental increase method with the following data.

Year195019601970198019902000
Population71507680842592651178014339

There are 4 schools with 125 day scholar students and staffs in each school, livestock (3520 chicken/ducks and 170 big animals), 2 health posts with 5 beds capacity and other offices with 345 staffs altogether.

The last census is 2000, so for 2025, n=2.5n = 2.5 decades.

Population by incremental increase method

Incremental increase method

Increase per decade: 530, 745, 840, 2,515, 2,559; incremental increase: 215, 95, 1,675, 44. xˉ=1,437.80\bar x = 1{,}437.80, yˉ=507.25\bar y = 507.25

P2025=Pn+nxˉ+n(n+1)2yˉ=14,339+2.5(1,437.80)+2.5(3.5)2(507.25)=20,153P_{2025} = P_n + n\bar x + \frac{n(n+1)}{2}\bar y = 14{,}339 + 2.5(1{,}437.80) + \frac{2.5(3.5)}{2}(507.25) = 20{,}153

Water demand

Design values assumed (Nepal rural water supply practice): domestic 45 lpcd (public taps); day scholar 5 l/d; boarder 45 l/d; office staff 45 l/d with 10 staff per office; big animal (cow, buffalo) 45 l/d; small animal (goat, pig) 5 l/d; poultry 0.2 l/d; health post 1000 l/d; tea shop 500 l/d; losses and wastage 15% of net demand; maximum day factor 1.5 and peak hour factor 3. Health post beds are taken at 100 l/bed/d; each of the 2 health posts is taken to have 5 beds. School staff are counted with the 125 day scholars of each school (4 schools, 500 persons at 5 l/d).

DemandQuantityRateDemand (l/day)
Domestic (45 lpcd)20,15345 l/c/d906,872
Day scholars and staff (4 x 125)5005 l/c/d2,500
Big animals17045 l/d7,650
Chickens and ducks3,5200.2 l/d704
Health posts (2 x 5 beds)10100 l/bed/d1,000
Office staff34545 l/staff15,525
Net demand934,251

Losses and wastage =15%= 15\% of net demand =140,138= 140{,}138 l/day

Qavg=934,251+140,138=1,074,389 l/day=1,074.39 m3/day=12.44 l/sQ_{avg} = 934{,}251 + 140{,}138 = 1{,}074{,}389\ \text{l/day} = 1{,}074.39\ \mathrm{m^3/day} = 12.44\ \text{l/s}

Answer: Population in 2025 = 20,153; total water requirement = 1,074 m3^3/day (12.4 l/s).

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