We have seen the
power grid system but in this
era of innovation, humans are coming with
new ideas to
help the community. Here we will see a water distribution system that acts as a
Power Grid system and hence called
Water Grid.
In the state of Gujarat in India, the state government is building a water distribution system for the people of the state who stay in a remote area. The state has a large variety of areas such as the desert area in the north, semi-arid to the arid region in the west, fertile and green land in the east and south.
The System
The state first developed a
large dam on the Narmada River and made
one of the largest dams in India. The water passes through the
system of canals and pipelines to the
Dhanki,
Surendranagar in the north-central part of the state. There is a large water tank where the incoming water enters, then the water with the help of water pumps is lifted and pass-through pipelines to various parts of the state such as the desert region -
Kutch, semiarid and arid region -
Saurashtra and the fertile land in the south of the state.
The Grid
The system has
three branches from the Dhanki region to all the three regions mentioned above. The average diameter of the pipeline used is
2.4 meters from which a medium-size car can easily pass through. The
branches of the pipelines on the map look
similar to the
power grid lines which run
hundreds of kilometers to supply power to the remote regions. Thus this system of distribution is also called the
Water Grid System as the water lines pass through many regions
over kilometers to reach out to the
extreme most region of the state.
The Engineering
The pipes were rolled up to 100-200 degrees and then outside was coated with fusion bond epoxy layer and low-density polyethylene for prevention of corrosion and the inner layer was coated with a food-grade epoxy layer. The pumping work at Dhanki is about 1650 Million liters of water daily to benefit 75 lakh people.
The
pumps here can fill 2 Olympic Size Swimming Pools in less than 2 minutes and the
amount of iron used in the pipeline is
equivalent to building 40 Eiffel Towers. Also, the amount of
electricity required is equivalent to the
consumption of 4 cities like Surendranagar. Where other cities in India give 50-60 liters of water per capita,
Gujarat gives at-least 100 liters per capita to remote places also.
Many other states have also adopted this system such as Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.
Great Sir.
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