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WEDC Technical Brief No. 27: Discharge measurements and estimates

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posted on 2025-02-05, 11:44 authored by Ian Smout

Community water-supply schemes are generally designed for water consumption in the approximate range of 15 to 60 litres per person per day. Allowance has also to be made for water use by livestock, for future growth in population and demand, and for losses of water by leakage etc. from the system.

It is important to check that the discharge of the source is enough, throughout the year, to meet the community's requirements. This requires measuring or estimating the dry season flow, when least water will be available.

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School

  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Research Unit

  • Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)

Published in

The Worth of Water. Technical Briefs on Health, Water and Sanitation

Pages

109 - 112

Publisher

Practical Action Publishing

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

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© Practical Action Publishing

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All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission of Practical Action Publishing.

ISBN

9781853390692

eISSN

9781780443935

Language

  • en

Editor(s)

John Pickford

Illustrator(s)

Rod Shaw

Depositor

Mr Matthieu Leger, impersonating Mr Ian Smout. Deposit date: 4 February 2025

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