Residential Complexes are integral part of increasing urbanization to provide houses for growing urban population. Number of tenements in Residential Complex is from less than 10 to more than 500. Amenities available are from minimum essential to many more like club house, swimming pool, Garden etc. Water consumption varies from 135 to 300 LPCD. Water consumption increase with amenities and rise in quality of life. Municipal authorities are finding difficult to supply adequate water to the residential complexes. The problem becomes severe when the complexes are on the outskirt of the town. Ground water cannot suffice the entire water demand. Many societies of Residential complexes have to get water by the tanker. Author has introduced Three Tier System in Water Supply & distribution, to reduce fresh water consumption. Besides direct use of rain water is an additional feature. Fresh water consumption is reduced by 30 to 50%. Dependence on Municipal water supply and tanker is eliminated. Society remains green even in hot summer by using treated sewage for irrigation. The details of the system and findings are given in the Paper.
Taxonomy
- Treatment
- Water Security
- Water Supply