Water Distribution Network

Introduction
BITOLA 75.000 inhabitants
REGION 29.000 inhabitants
Service connections 34.000
Pipelines 300 km
Water production 17.000.000 m3/year
Non-Revenue Water 50%
Employees 225
Annual turnover 3 million Euro
Organizational chart
 WATER RESOURCES

 SYSTEM “DRAGOR” catchments – surface water

 480 l/s
 IRRIGATION SYSTEM “STREZEVO” -
 680 l/s
 Main water supply facilities
 3 catchments on the system “Dragor”
 Purification plant with capacity of 1080 l/s
 Pumping Station with capacity of 680 l/s
 Reservoirs with total capacity of 9000 m3.
 Pipelines

6/4" 5926 5926

2" 15664 15664
2.5" 107 107
3" 42 42
50 349 1836 2185
60 2884 2042 6800 11726
80 8453 11242 796 36145 56636
100 1414 14177 197 34894 50682
125 1208 852 2060
150 1745 14482 660 29373 46260
175 538 784 1322
200 2468 5760 5748 13976
250 4460 76 4536
300 3006 6102 23 7965 17096
350 775 934 380 2089
400
450
Pipes by material and diameter
1913 11214
517
13127
517
50060000 2616 3356 5972
600 8550 7040 15590
700 1667 2053 3720
50000
800 1748 2222 3970
33839 38447 60589 28807 123621 285303
40000

30000
CURRENT PROBLEMS
1. Providing enough quantity of raw
water i.e. its distribution to the filter station in
Dihovo in the dry periods. Although the filter
station has 1080 l/s capacity. in the dry periods the
enterprise is faced with lack of raw water because
the pumping station “Dovledzik” has a maximum
capacity of 680 lit./sec. , the supply of water from
the “Pelister” watershed region is known to fall
under 100 lit./sec., while the maximum hourly
consumption in the water supplying system in the
hot summer days goes up to 800 l/s.
 CURRENT PROBLEMS
 2. The INTOLERABLY high
pressures in the network.
With the extension of the water supplying
system, the height difference between the
lowest and the highest point of the different
water supplying zones becomes greater, so
in the lowest points there is an intolerable
high pressure, and in the highest points –
irregular water supply.
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 3. Insufficient reservoir capacity.
This problem is also related to the increasing
number of consumers and the inadequate
investment activity in providing the proper system
maintenance, which gives additional importance to
the firstly mentioned problem, because practically,
the peaks in consumption are covered by direct
increase of production of water, at the moment
when the need has arisen, instead of being covered
with accumulated water from a reservoir. This
uneven rhythm of production of the system also
has an impact on water treatment.
 CURRENT PROBLEMS
 4.
Aging secondary water supply
network
Because of the age of the existing
water supplying pipe lines and the
quality of the used materials of that
time, interruption of water supply, in
many regions of the network, is not
uncommon.
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 5.
Completely worn out vehicles
and construction machines
With water tariffs set at a level which doesn’t
provide full cost recovery, on the one hand, and the
extension of the system, on the other hand, the
enterprise is not able to purchase the necessary
equipment for regular maintenance activities,
which impacts the response time after the
occurrence of a burst and the percentage of water
loss in the system.
 CURRENT PROBLEMS
 6. Lack of measuring instruments in
the network
In the entire system there are no measuring instruments for
monitoring the functioning of the system, so prompt and
adequate action for leakage reduction is not possible before
the water emerges to the surface. Such hidden leaks are
thought to comprise a significant part of the total water loss.
Inspite of having a legislative obligation to calibrate domestic
water meters in five year periods, due to the low capacity of
the water meter workshop, the obligation cannot be met. A
large number of instruments are old and are suspected to
under measure.
 CURRENT PROBLEMS
 7. Incomplete knowledge of
underground installations.
The enterprise is trying to establish a GIS.
The process of data collection and
digitalization is in progress.
 CURRENT PROBLEMS
 8. Price of water, tariffs and payment
The price of water was adjusted at the beginning of
2010, after 10 years of stagnation. Finally, the
enterprise is able to intensify its investment
activities and improve the overall operation and
maintenance of the system.
Another issue is the population’s and the industry’s
(dis)ability to pay. Recent changes in legislation
and the additional efforts of the staff have
contributed to keep the collection ratio above 90%.
SUGGESTED INVESTMENTS
DESCRIPTION TOTAL

a) FACILITIES EURO

1. Construction of a reservoir of 2.000 m3 for the settlement “Bair” 400.000,00

2. Construction of a reservoir of 10.000 m3 for the lower zone 2.000.000,00

3. Construction of a water main for the settlement “Bair” 170.000,00

4. Construction of a water main to the reservoir for the lower zone 170.000,00

5. Construction of a settling basin and installation of an ozone filter at the 500.000,00

purification plant

7. Reconstruction of the old water supplying network and replacement of the 4.500.000,00
deterriorated ASC and galvanized pipes
SUGGESTED INVESTMENTS
DESCRIPTION TOTAL

B) EQUIPMENT

1. Excavator 100.000,00
2. Lorry with an extended cabin 30.000,00
3. Hydro-mechanical equipment with measurement instruments (first phase to be 130.000,00
finalized in August 2010)
4. Computer equipment for monitoring and remote control of water supplying system 500.000,00
(SCADA) (first phase to be finalized in August 2010)
5. Replacement of old water meters with new ones with remote reading ability 1.500.000,00
6. Laboratory equipment 10.000,00
T O T A L: 10.010.000,00
Catchment “Red River”
Catchment “Red River”
Catchment “Sapundzica”
Purification Plant “Dihovo”
Pumping Station
 PUMPS

 Capacity 680 l/s

Flocculators
QUICK SAND FILTERS
Command Bench
Backwashing System Pumps
Water Meter Workshop
Reservoir “Ovci Bair”
capacity 5000m3
Construction machines and
vechicles