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DESIGN OF A SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY AND
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR PIGNON HAITI
Phase II Project Schedule
Student Trip 1 Meet with water committee
of Pignon to finalize preliminary
design Develop detailed design Develop
detailed design Student Trip 2 Rehabilitate
spring caps and standpipe Construct pump
house Student Trip 3 Install ram pumps and
disinfection system Prepare buffer tank
reinforcement Student Trip 4 Construct
buffer tank and install pump Layout solar
array and construct electric closet Student
Trip 5 Electric closet wiring and system
hookup Student Trip 6 Install 65,000 gallon
cistern Student Trip 7 Layout pipe
distribution network and construct water
kiosks
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Abdulkamal
Abdullahi, Algirdas Bielskus, Chukwuderaa Dike,
Alexandre Miot, Adam Nizich, Eric Radloff, Mark
Rokita, Mark Taylor, Dhesikan Venkatesan, Kathryn
Weissman
SUMMER 2008
PHASE 1
PHASE 2

• Project Description
• Phase 2 of the project involves
• Continuing fundraising efforts
• Discussing the preliminary design and management
  strategies with the water committee of Pignon
• Developing detailed design after community
  approval
• Assisting with the implementation of the
  project
• Training the employees
• Developing educational materials in Haitian
  Creole
• Publishing project assessment

• Background/Problems
• The impoverished country of Haiti faces great
  challenges in meeting the basic needs of its
  citizens, including the provision of safe and
  clean water. Of its seven million inhabitants,
  roughly half have access to potable water.
• Situation in Pignon
• Only 20 of people from Pignon have
• access to a very limited water supply,
• 30 less than the national average
• Water is contaminated at
• the source due to human
• and animal activity
• An interdisciplinary team of engineering students
  have designed a sustainable water supply and
  distribution system that will provide potable
  water to the entire population of Pignon.
• Purpose/Objectives
• Design and implement a sustainable water supply
  and distribution system for Pignon, a town of
  7,500 people using appropriate technology
• Collaborate with the community to establish
  management and maintenance procedures to ensure
  success of the project
• Data Collection
• Step 1 Survey of the Population
• Collected data on the existing water supply and
  distribution system through field work and
  consultation

• Step 2 Technical Data Collection
• Step 3 Preliminary Design
• In modeling the supply vs. demand, appropriate
  pumps were selected

FALL 2008

• Surveyed elevations of Pignon using differential
  leveling and GPS equipment
• Created the first topographic map of Pignon
• Performed water quality analysis

WINTER 2008

• Conclusion
• Convenient access to potable water will lead to
  vast improvements in the quality of life and
  will significantly decrease waterborne disease
• The proposed system will provide treated water at
  an affordable cost of
• about 2 cents for 6 gallons per person per day
• The proposed system will employ 11 people
• Citizens of Pignon will see growth in investment
  opportunities, since public access to clean
  water will ultimately lead to economic
  development
• The current project will serve as a model for
  developing communities by
• publishing an assessment of the project upon
  completion
• The system will be self-sustainable and will not
  produce greenhouse gases
• An improvement in the quality of life will cause
  a shift in priorities rather than focusing on
  basic necessities, people will be able to commit
  more to their education and improving the
  impoverished conditions within their country, a
  valued goal of the P3 Program.
• Acknowledgements
• We would like to thank our advisors Dr. Krishna
  Pagilla and David Baker for their encouragement,
  patience, and support throughout this project. We
  would also like to thank our sponsors EPA P3,
  IPRO office at IIT, Rotary International, ASCE
  Illinois section, IWEA, John Anderson (IIT
  President) and the many individual donors who
  have contributed their support.
• References
• 1. Kalanity Vairavamoorthy et al.(2004).
  Intermittent urban water supply under water
  starving situations.
• 2. S.Tokajian et al.(2003). Water quality
  problems associated with intermittent water
  supply.
• 3. Michael et al.(2007). Developing a
  sustainable water-delivery system in rural EI
  Salvador.

• HOMER was used to
• simulate the solar power
• system

• Water will be distributed through kiosks, which
  will also serve as a payment collection and
  demand monitoring tool

SPRING 2009

• EPANET 2.0 was used
• to model the distribution
• system

• Calcium hypochlorite
• will be injected into the
• network at a dose of 2mg Cl2 per liter

Illustration of Proposed Water Supply System
SUMMER 2009