1. Suitable for cities with regular layout. Ans.

Grid Iron System

2. The supply main is laid all along the peripheral roads and sub mains branch out from the mains.
Ans. Ring System

3. The area is divided into different zones.ans. Radial system

4. It is suitable for old towns and cities having no definite pattern of roads. Ans. Dead end system

5. Other call for dead end system. Ans. Tree System.

6. Give two methods of water distribution. Ans. Gravity system

7. ans. Pumping system

8. This method is suitable when source of supply is at sufficient height. Ans. Gravity System.

9. This method is not generally used. Power supply failure can will result to complete stoppage of
water supply. Pumping System.

10. Most common system. Ans. Combined gravity and Pumping System

11. Give three types of reservoir tanks. Ans. Reinforced Concrete Tanks

12. Ans. Galvanized Iron tanks.

13. Ans. High-Density Polyethylene Tanks

14. Quantity of water required to be stored in the reservoir to meet public demand. Ans. Balancing
Storage
15. Preserved in order to tide over the emergencies posed by different types of failure. Ans.
Breakdown Storage or Emergency Storage
16. For fire emergency purposes. Ans. Fire Storage
17. It is the most important natural resource since it supports the life on earth. Ans. Ground Water
Resources

18. Some hydrologist believe that it can be used to calculate the amount of water available for
consumption. Ans. Water Budget
19. Narrow shaft bored in the ground, either vertically or horizontally. Ans. Borehole

20. also known as “sewage,” originates from household wastes, human and animal wastes,
industrial wastewaters, storm runoff, and groundwater infiltration. Ans. Wastewater

21. are underground conduits to convey wastewater and storm water to a treatment plant or to carry
storm water to the point of disposal. Ans. Sewer
22. cross drainage structures with or without opening below the road surface provided across a
shallow drainage course at or about the bed level which allows floods/runoff to pass over it.
Ans. Causeway.
23. Two types of Causeway. Ans. High level
24. Ans. Low level
25. A closed conduit placed under the embankment to carry water across the roadway is termed as
_____. Ans Culverts.

26. are the common drainage components of the road which intercept the surface water running off
the carriageway, shoulder and side slopes flanking the road. Ans. Drains

27. What is the most common pumping system? Ans. Elevated storage reservoir

28. What are the three functions of a reservoir? Ans. Absorb the hourly variation in demand //
29. ans. maintain constant pressure in the distribution main //
30. ans. water stored can be supplied in the distribution mains