MIZORAM STATE COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION
TERM END EXAMINATION DECEMBER,2024
TERM V: DIPLOMA IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
SUBJECT: Water Supply & Sanitary Engineering (CE 509)
Full Mark :70 Time:3 hrs
1. Choose the correct answer from the following (10x1=10)
a) The distribution system in water supplies is designed on the basis of?
a) average daily demand c) peak hourly demand
b) coincident draft d) greater of (b) & (c)
b) The suitable method for forecasting population for a young and rapidly developing city is:
a) arithmetic mean method c) incremental increase method
b) geometric mean method d) none of these
c) The most widely used type of a tubewell in India is:
a) a strainer well c) a ranney well
b) a dug well d) a cavity well
d) Rate of flow from a well per unit drawdown is known as
a) specific yield c) specific capacity
b) field capacity d) none of these
e) The most commonly adopted pumps in water supplies are:
a) centrifugal pumps c) reciprocating pumps
b) hydraulic rams d) axial flow pumps
f) Temporary hardness in water is caused by :
a) bicarbonates of sodium and potassium
b) carbonates of calcium and magnesium
c) carbonates and bicarbonates of calcium and magnesium
d) dissolved carbon dioxide
g) Cleaning of rapid sand filters is done by
a) Scraping and removal of sand c) back washing
b) filtration d) none of these
h) The most widely used coagulant for water treatment is:
a) lime and soda c) chlorinated copperas
b) ferrous sulphate d) alum
i) The treatment of water with bleaching powder is known as:
a) prechlorination c) super chlorination
b) dechlorination d) hypochlorination
j) The water meter which is installed on individual house connections on municipal supplies is:
a) a velocity meter c) an inferential meter
b) a displacement meter d) none of these
2. Answer the following questions in brief: (5x2=10)
a) Explain the different types of springs.
b) Design an open well in clay for a yield of 0.004 cumec when operated under a depression head
of 300cm.
c) What are the different types of pumps?
d) Draw the flow diagram of a typical water treatment plant.
e) What are the physical characteristics of water?
3. Answer the following questions: (5x4=20)
a) The population of 5 decades from 1980 to 2020 are given below. Find out the population after
two, three and six decades beyond the last known decade, by using Geometric Mean Method.
Year 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
Population 47,000 55,000 60,000 62,000 68,000
b) 4. During a recuperation test , the water level in an open well was depressed by pumping by 3m
and is recuperated by an amount of 1.7m in 60 minutes.
a) Determine the yield from a well of 3m dimeter under a depression head of 3.5 m.
b) Also determine the diameter of the well to yield 15 litres/sec under a depression head
of 3m.
c) The maximum daily demand at a water purification plant has been estimated as 16 million litres
per day Design the dimension of a suitable sedimentation tank fitted with mechanical sludge
removal arrangements for the raw water supplies, assuming a detention period of 8 hours of
flow as 20 cm per minute.
d) The population of a town as obtained from the census are given below.
Year Population
1940 2,37,98,624
1950 4,69,78,325
1960 5,47,86,437
1970 6,34,67,823
1980 6,90,77,421
1990 7,12,54,634
e) A circular sedimentation tank fitted with standard mechanical sludge removal equipment is to
handle 4 million litres per day of raw water. If the detention period of the tank is 6 hours and the
depth of the tank is 4.5 m, what should be the diameter of the tank?
4. Explain with a neat sketch the workings of Rapid sand gravity filter. (10)
5. What are the requirements of a good distribution system? (10)
6. What is water meter? Explain the different types of water meters with a neat sketch. (10)
