Performance Improvement of Water Supply from Kurutie Community Distribution Station to Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Kurutie - Takeoff Campus

Abstract

The performance improvement of water supply from Kurutie community distribution station to Nigeria maritime university, Okerenkoko, Kurutie - takeoff campus has been done. The study area is the Kurutie Community in the Gbaramatu Kingdom in the Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. The assessed population is less than 5000 in 2024. The techniques adopted for the performance improvement are condition evaluation like inspection of the constituents of the distribution system, such as pumping stations, reservoirs, transmission and treatment plants and valves and the EPANET was used for the design of the layout of the distribution network; pressure – volume assessment, customer feedback together with performance ratings. The SPEM was used to evaluate the onsite, physical together with visual inspection of the constituents in the distribution system and the pump station physical condition and performance rating; physical condition and performance assessment of the industrial filters; physical condition and performance rating of the pipes; physical condition and performance rating of the valves; physical condition and performance assessment of the reservoirs and pressure-volume and supply duration assessment respectively. Finally, the consumers’ feedback shows that water distribution is not enough, and it is epileptic, and a proposed design of a water distribution system has been done utilizing EPANET. It is recommended that routine maintenance for the distribution of the system should be corrective and preventative and not breakdown maintenance and the SPEM advises that much staff should be employed in the distribution system for efficient operation.