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Performance Analyses of Water Distribution System Toward Water-Energy Nexus for Rural Area Transformation in West Africa: Case of Sekoukou Village in Niger

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Water is the basic vital need of all living such as human being and environment species. Water demand is increasing day by day whether it is domestic, industrial and agricultural etc., but the source of water is limited. Recently, solar water pumping system is being used as a viable alternative to supply safe drinking water to the rural communities. So, the pumped water is afforded to the end-users through water distribution system. Therefore, the wrong sizing and installation of the water distribution network due to the lack of taking into account some parameters in the sizing of the system in order to supply water to the household at the right pressure and flow. This study aims to analyze the performance of the sekoukou village water distribution system toward water-energy nexus in rural area of Africa. Survey is conducted not only to assess the various water source available and accessibility for a safe drinking water within the sekoukou village but also the impact of the pressure losses to the remote hamlet to the storage source. Subsequently, the overall water distribution of the sekoukou village is analyzed using the Epanet software. To do so, first the characteristics of the water distribution network component are collected then the topographical survey of the area is conducted, and the quantification of the water consumed at the different hamlet tap. As a result, the study revealed that the water flow and the pressure are significantly affected by the topographical characteristic of the area the size of the pipe (length and diameter) as well as the height of the water storage tank. Thus, out of the 10 nodes 66.6% have pressure between 15 m to 22m while the node 2 has a pressure of 13.4 m. In contrast, the pressure at the node 10 is 7.15 (1 bar to 0.7 bar) m which is under the recommended minimum of 10 m (1bar), cause the slow water flow at the hamlet 4.

Published in American Journal of Energy Engineering (Volume 10, Issue 4)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajee.20221004.15
Page(s) 123-133
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Performance Analyses, Water-Energy Nexus, Water Distribution Network, Rural Area, West Africa, Niger

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  • West African Center for Sustainable Rural Transformation, Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey, Niger

  • West African Center for Sustainable Rural Transformation, Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey, Niger

  • Department of Hydro-Geosciences, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey, Niger

  • Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey, Niger

  • Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey, Niger

  • West African Center for Sustainable Rural Transformation, Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey, Niger

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