Industrial water audit
Student name: Mr Mohd. Zeeshan
Guide: Dr Chander Kumar Singh
Year of completion: 2015
Host Organisation: The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI), New Delhi
Supervisor (Host Organisation): Mr Anshuman
Abstract: Water audits are the effective method of accounting for all water usage in the network. It is the origin of the water resource management & helps in development of control program for the network. With a structured approach, the water audit allows the industry to constantly track the water use at each operating point & provides necessary information to manage water losses. The analysis of the audit will be valuable in setting performance constraints for various zones of the industry according to the demand & usage pattern. Indian railways is one of the largest rail network in the world with servicing over 30Mn people daily by its fleet of 15,000 trains running continuously on 1, 15,000km long railway tracks. Railways have a complex & stretched water network system that makes its vulnerable for losses at different points & locations. It is observed that, there is a huge amount of water is used in station premises for coach filling, coach washing, platform washing, drinking etc. & during these operations a lot of water goes unaccounted through leaks from pipe joints, tapings & fissures. In addition to physical loss of water from the distribution network, water can be lost through unauthorized consumption, administrative negligence & failures. A water audit is performed to locate & reduce the leakage momentum by balancing the results from metering that will eventually help the authorities to eliminate the need to expend resources on costly repairs & improvements. The study analyzes the flow metering data to establish a water balance that will eventually help in identifying tools & techniques best suited for railways for reduce water loss.
Keywords: Water audit, Indian Railways, water loss, water management, flow meters
