Public water supply system -Planning – Objectives -Design period – Population forecasting -Water demand -Sources of water and their characteristics -Surface and Groundwater- Impounding Reservoir Well hydraulics -Development and selection of source – Water quality – Characterization and standards- Impact of climate change.

Water supply -intake structures -Functions and drawings -Pipes and conduits for water- Pipe materials – Hydraulics of flow in pipes -Transmission main design -Laying, jointing and testing of pipes – Drawings appurtenances – Types and capacity of pumps -Selection of pumps and pipe materials.

Objectives – Unit operations and processes – Principles, functions design and drawing of Chemical feeding, Flash mixers, flocculators, sedimentation tanks and sand filters – Disinfection- Residue Management – Construction and Operation & Maintenance aspects of Water Treatment Plants.

Principles and functions of Aeration – Iron and manganese removal, Defluoridation and demineralization -Water softening – Desalination – Membrane Systems – Recent advances.

Requirements of water distribution -Components -Service reservoirs -Functions and drawings -Network design -Economics -Computer applications -Analysis of distribution networks -Appurtenances -operation and maintenance -Leak detection, Methods. Principles of design of water supply in buildings -House service connection -Fixtures and fittings -Systems of plumbing and drawings of types of plumbing.