Proposal for Sizing a Water Supply System for Algodoal District in Abaetetuba City - Pará

Abstract

Water is a natural resource indispensable to the life of every human being. However, supply issues may cause lack of water in some localities. Thus, the objective of this paper was to carry out a new proposal for the sizing of the water supply system for the district of Algodoal, in the municipality of Abaetetuba - PA, focused to the distribution network aiming to expand it and improve the quality and quantity of water that reaches the residences. Therefore, it is expected to adequately supply the demand for quality drinking water in the case study. The Hardy-Cross network sizing method was used. At the end of the paper, it was verified that the flows resulting from the iterations in the Hardy-Cross are satisfactory and guarantee the adequate water supply for the population of the district of Algodoal.