Construction and Commissioning of the 500,000 gallons Elevated Reinforced

Concrete Reservoir At Loji Pembersihan Air Teluk e!a"ang,

Perak #arul Rid$uan%
~ Hydraulic Analysis for Water Distribution from Elevated Reservoir ~
&%0 'ntroduction
Currently, consumers from the following area in Perak Tengah receive their water
supply from Loji Pembersihan Air Teluk Kepayang by direct pumping through the
!"# mgd booster pump sets$%
&ota Kiri, Teluk Kepayang, Lambor Kiri, Teluk 'ena, Pasir (aram, Kuala Parit,
Pasir 'alak dan &ukit Cawi!
These areas receive direct pumping through # inch AC pipe from &ota Kiri to
Kuala Parit and then through )## *+P, pipe from Pasir 'alak to &ukit Cawi! The
total distance from &ota Kiri to &ukit Cawi is appro-imately .!) km! The supply
areas are generally flat with the ground levels ranging from / m 0+L at &ota
Kiri to .!" m 0+L at &ukit Cawi!
As the distribution system is subjective to direct pumping, the following problems
arise$%
a1 The 2on 3evenue 4ater 52341 level for this supply 6one is rather high,
around ##7
b1 4hen there is power failure at Kg! Teluk Kepayang 4TP, the distribution
of water to the above areas will be affected immediately! This is because
there is no storage tank at Loji Air Teluk Kepayang!
Therefore, a #88,888 gallons of elevated reservoir is proposed to resolve the
above problems!
(%0 Pur!ose of Re!ort
The purpose of this report is to determine the optimum height of the proposed
water level for Loji Air Teluk Kepayang to ensure that it is sufficient to distribute
water to the above mentioned supply areas!
An ,lectronic +istance 9easurement 5,+91 *eight 'urvey was carried out to
determine the ground level and distance of the supply areas covered!
)%0 *ater #emand
Consumption record was obtained from LAP 4ilayah Tengah ::, 9anjung! The
flow is computed based on number of accounts supplied by the +istrict demand
figure of ;;8 gpd<unit is used in the analysis!
.!8 +"draulic Calculation
The computation of the head available has been carried out using 4AT2,T
5Hezen-William Formula1 based on water demand data 5Appendi- 1 from
Lembaga Air Perak 5LAP1 as shown in Appendi- ;!
Analysis is carried out for the following cases$
i1 2ormal and =ire =low Analysis 5#8 gpm for Class + 3isk1
ii1 Peak =low Analysis 5;!# - 2ormal =low1
Computation of pipe frictional losses is based on Hazen-William Formula with c
> 88
5%0 Results
The hydraulic analysis shows positive value for the head available under both
Peak flow and 2ormal =low and =ire =low analysis! This indicates that the
proposed height 5&4L .8!8 m 0+L1 of the elevated water tank is acceptable!
,%0 Conclusion
&ased on the above analysis the height of the #88,888 gallons elevated reservoir
at Loji Air Teluk Kepayang shall be .8!8 m 0+L!