Recommendations
Calculation of reservation volume of water supply systemEstimation of the required NPSH, using the Thoma factor
Water supply: production flow
Production flow

Input data

Resident population

Floating population

Temporary population

Average consumption per capita applicable to resident and floating populations

Average consumption per capita applicable to temporary population

Coefficient of the highest consumption day (k1):

Industrial flow

Daily operating time

Output data

Production flow

Description

Given the population of a water supply system, the per capita consumption, the maximum consumption day coefficient and the daily operation hours, calculates the production flow of the system.

References

  • FUNASA. Manual de Saneamento. Funasa, Brasília, 2019.