Comparative Study on Design of Water Supply Distribution Network Using LOOP and WaterGEMS Software: A Case Study

A growing population country like India needs a sufficient amount of resources. Nowadays, most of our rural areas are not having a sufficient quantity of potable drinking water facilities, so the main objective of this study is to provide an efficient and optimal water distribution network design using LOOP and WaterGEMS software by satisfying CPHEEO norms and Jal Jeevan Mission guidelines. The project is carried on Awaradi village in Gokak taluk, Belagavi district. This project is carried out the designing rural drinking water with 55 LPCD. The population is forecasted for a design period of 30 years (2051) from 2021. The survey is carried out in the proposed village to collect ground data and area topographical profile. Then further hydraulic calculations are made with the use of LOOP 5.0 software and WaterGEMS Software. The velocity and head losses are high in the LOOP software design as compared with the WaterGEMS software. The pressure values are slightly more in the WaterGEMS software, but both the software results are meeting the CPHEEO norms as well as Jal Jeevan Mission guidelines with a pressure head of 7 m.