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Water Supply Networks and Facilities

Topic I.4. River Water Intakes: Kinds and Structures

Water Intake Kinds

General classification:
I. According to the location in respect to the river
Banks - at the river bank ( at the middle and
low river reaches)
Streams - at the river stream
Mountainous - at the upper river reaches
II. According to the capacity
Small - less than 1 m3/s
Average - 1 - 6 m3/s
Big - more than 6 m3/s

Topic I.4. River Water Intakes: Kind and Structure

III. According to the lay-out

With separate arrangement of the receiving chamber and the pumping
station
With combined arrangement of the receiving chamber and the pumping
station

Water Intakes Structures

General requirement:
Intake allocation - only at concave bank
and suitable hydrological and geological
conditions
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Banks Water Intakes Structures

Separate type
(scheme)
1 - receiving well
2 - pumping station
3 - receiving chamber
4 - storage (suction) chamber
5 - suction pipes
6 - mesh screen
7 - inlets
8 - bar rack

Banks Water Intakes Structures

Combined type
(scheme)
a - option with foundation on rock
- option with foundation on rock or
on other ground and with
horizontal pump
b - option with foundation on rock or
on other ground and with
vertical pump
1 - receiving chamber
2 - storage (suction) chamber
3 - pumping station
4 - horizontal pump
5 - vertical pump
6 - vertical pump shaft
7 - electric motor
8 - pressurised pipe
9 - suction pipe
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Banks Water Intakes Structures

Combined type
(real object lay-out)
1 - receiving chamber
2 - storage (suction) chamber
3 - pumping station
4 - service premise
5 - inlets
6 - sluice (for sluice gates)
7 - revolving mash
8 - electric motor
9 - pumps
10 - pressurised pipes
11 - back-washing pipes
12 - sediments withdrawing pipes
13 - sludge pumps
14 - stairs

Streams Water Intakes Structures

Combined type
(scheme)
1 - water intake head
2 - gravity feeding pipe

3 - receiving well (with two chambers)

4 - pumping station

Streams Water Intakes Structures

Separate type
(scheme)
1 - water intake head
2 - gravity feeding pipe
3 - intake well
4 - pumping station
5 - back-washing pipe
6 - receiving chamber
7 - orifices with racks
8 - separation wall
9 - service office
10 - pumps
11 - distribution chamber
12 - suction pipes
13 - pressurised pipes
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Streams Water Intakes Structures

Water intakes heads
(submergible filtering type)
a - simplified construction
, b, - radial water inlet
1 - filter layer
2 - gravity feeding pipe
3 - concrete case
4 - receiving chamber (space)

Streams Water Intakes Structures

Water intake head
(non-submergible type)
1 - gravity feeding gallery
2 - water intake orifices
3 - bar racks
4 - service premise
5 - service platform
6 - ejector
7 - stairs
8 - sluice gates
9 - caisson cutting edge (steel)

Mountainous Water Intakes Structures

a - plane
- cross section -
b - cross section A -A

1 - dam
2 - bar rack
3 - grit chamber

4 - drain outlet
5 - weir
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