Great Power Race

IIT Delhi

Audit of water supply

(Identification of Water Sources)

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BASIC SOURCES

Bulk of the water for non-drinking purposes is received mainly from 2 sources:

• Delhi Jal Board (DJB)

• Campus tube-wells

FINDINGS
Findings of the water supply are detailed below:

• There are 19 tube-wells out of which 14 are in good condition. They have a capacity
of generating 500-550 kL daily but the supply is not necessarily this much during the
day.

• DJB supplies an average of 1540 kL a day to the campus (data analyzed from May-
July 2010).

• 4 out of the 12 hostels in campus directly take supply from the tube wells, about
30-35 KL a day.

• Rest of the hostels has ground level water tanks which are filled in 3 shifts during the
day, accounting for about 30 KL a day, less than the hostels which receive their
supply from tube-wells.

• Drinking water is supplied by the pumping station to the whole campus. The water is
chlorinated before its distribution.

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 Source wise percentage of total non drinking water supplied to IIT

 Hence we can clearly see that most of the water used in IIT comes through tube wells
but the supply from DJB also contribute a great deal.

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CONSUMPTION WISE SUPPLY
Basic Findings

1. Non edible water supply

• The water from the campus hence comes from both the tube wells and the pipe
from DJB. However different areas of the campus get water separately. The
old campus area (which consists largely of residences of various staff) & the
girls’ hostels get water supply from the tube wells.

• 2 of the hostels -Kumaon & Shivalik hostels also take water supply from the
tube wells accounting to a total of 30-35 kL per day. This water is provided to
them in two shifts of 14-18 kL each per day. The timing of the shifts is in the
morning at 6:30 am and in the evening at 5 pm.

• Nilgiri, Vindhyachal, Karakoram, Aravali, and Jwalamukhi hostels have

ground level water tanks, which feed them. They fill their overhead tanks (of
capacity approx. 24kl) twice a day. However the water used by them is less
than this capacity and is around 35-38 kL per day. Therefore they often only
have to fill their water tanks only once on some days.

• The hostel Satpura, due to its large size (compared to other hostels) gets more
water supply than the others. Hence it also has an extra tank to be able to cope
with this increased demand especially in summer months.

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 • Water to the institute area is provided in a different manner. It has been
provided with submersible pumps & booster tanks of water throw per hour of
3.2 KL and 13 KL respectively. These tanks help in meeting the water needs
of the institute area, i.e. in washrooms and also in laboratories which also
consume a large amount of water. These tanks are filled with water supplied
by the pumping station. On an average day the institute and the academic area
requires approximately 18 to 20 kL of water.

2. Drinking water supply

Water for drinking and cooking is provided to all the parts of the campus separately.
This water which is chlorinated is provided by the pumping station to the whole
campus.

• Water is supplied to the institute area in morning & at noon from pipes from the
pumping station. This water is the then provided to the various drinking fountains
in the institute area.

• To all the hostels, it is supplied 3 times a day. 2 hrs. Are provided in the morning
& and then the rest in 20 min shifts at around 11:00 & 16:00 as per the demand.
(Satpura exceptionally gets morning shift of 2 hrs. & 40 min instead of the usual 2
hours)

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