SALIENT FEATURES

General Information
Project Name: Tambukhola Rural Solar Drinking Water Project
District: Baglung
VDC: Sukhaura
Ward no: 6
Name of villages served: Dhampu
Road Head: Kathmandu- Pokhara Palpa- 325 Km, Palpa Redi 40 Km,
and Redi- Chorkata-Shantipur-Sukhaura 52 km .
Distance from road head to site: Near at sire.
Design Information
No. of households: 27
Present population: 170
Per capita daily demand: 25 lpcd
Total water demand: 4250 lpd
Tap post distance for distribution tank: 200m
Pipe line length (Transmission): 420m
Total Head 189 m
Autonomy days: 1.5 days
Electrical cable length (Pump to Panel): 50m
Water Source Information
Name of source: Tambukhola
Type of source: Permanent Spring
Source quality: Drinkable directly
Date of discharge measurement: 12
th
April 2012
Method of measurement: Bucket method
Measured discharge: 0.52 lps
Safe yield: 0.47 lps
Structure Information

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Civil Structure (Stone Masonry)
Intake: 1 no
Filter: 1 no
Collection tank with: 1 no, 5 m
3

Distribution tank: 1 no, 8 m
3

Tap stand: 1 no
No. of support piers (tentative): 17 no
Pipe Line
HDPE Pipe 25mm (10kg/cm2): 200m
HDPE Pipe 40mm (10kg/cm2): 250m
GI pipe medium duty 1.5: 170m
(Note: HDPE should not be used for more than 80 m head)
Electro-mechanical (estimated)
PV Module: As required (with array mounting)
Pump: Any pump that can lift 4250 liters of water per
day at a head of 189m
Distance between Solar Array and pump: 50m
Cable size: ..Sq.mm(3% voltage drop)
Grounding and Protection:
Lighting arrestor and necessary earthing and grounding
Surge Protector/ MOV
Circuit Breaker
Note:
Wiring and pipeline fittings detail design as system required in exact quantity and size.]