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World Water Forum College Grant Program 2011-2013 Grant Proposals
College Loyola Marymount University
Faculty Dr. Jeremy Pal
Project #112
Water Conveyance and Filtration System for the Malingunde School for the Blind and Health Center
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Loyola Marymount University
Water Conveyance and Filtration System for the Malingunde
School for the Blind and Health Center
Global Project: Malawi, Africa
Faculty Project Manager:
Dr. Jeremy Pal
Student Project Managers:
Michaela Lentz
Kelly McEnerney
Will Shaffer
Hannah Thames
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Loyola Marymount University
Water Conveyance and Filtration System for the Malingunde School for the Blind
and Health Center
Global Project: Malawi, Africa
Faculty Project Manager: Dr. Jeremy Pal
Student Project Managers: Michaela Lentz, Kelly McEnerney, Will Shaffer, and Hannah Thames
Project Summary
The Loyola Marymount University student team, advised by Dr. Jeremy Pal, intends to provide
potable water to the Malingunde School for the Blind and neighboring health center. Our project
will promote awareness and address the world water crisis with an extensive communications
strategy and implementation trip. In order to increase water quality and accessibility in the
Malingunde community, the group will install a slow-sand filter and water conveyance system
approved by Engineers Without Borders. This system will not only provide water for 30 students
at the school but also over 200 patients of the health center each year.
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Contact Information
College Loyola Marymount University
Address 1 LMU Drive
City, State, Zip Code Los Angeles, CA 90045
Make Check Payable To: Loyola Marymount University
Application Strand Global
Student Project Manager Kelly McEnerney
Education Level Undergraduate
Department Civil Engineering
Cell Phone (916) 607 – 5271
Email Address kmcenern@lion.lmu.edu
Student Project Manager Hannah Thames
Education Level Undergraduate
Department Civil Engineering
Cell Phone (314) 960 – 3352
Email Address hannah.c.thames@gmail.com
Faculty Project Manager Dr. Jeremy Pal
Title Associate Professor
Department Civil Engineering & Environmental Science
Cell Phone (310) 568 – 6241
Email Address jpal@lmu.edu
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Organizational Background
Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is the eighth largest (second largest on the West Coast) of
the nation’s 28 Jesuit colleges and universities. The University is comprised of four colleges, the
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, the College of Business Administration, the College of
Communication and Fine Arts, and the Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering, as
well as the School of Education, School of Film and Television and Loyola Law School. The
University offers more than 30 Master's degree programs, a doctoral program in education and a
Juris Doctor degree.
LMU is committed to providing students with a humanistic, liberal arts education that fosters a
desire for knowledge, cultivates the skills necessary for a lifetime of personal and professional
growth, and emphasizes leadership in creating a just world. From early on, LMU has sought to
instill in its undergraduates a hunger for learning, breadth of perspective, and capacity for critical
thinking, imagination, and honest and clear communication. With its rich intellectual and cultural
heritage as a Catholic university, LMU strives to engage its students in ethical discourse and to
build an intercultural community among its faculty, students and staff. LMU's faculty-to-student
ratio of 11 to 1 assures students of a personalized learning experience. With 5,797
undergraduates and 3,273 graduate students, LMU has been commended in national college
rankings for its quality of education, student life and curricula, including ranking 3rd in the West
among Master's universities in the U.S. News & World Report's “Best Colleges 2011” and
ranking in the top 20 for “best institutions for undergraduate education and one of the most
beautiful” in The Princeton Review’s “2010 Best 371 Colleges Rankings.” The Princeton
Review/Entrepreneur Magazine 2011 also ranked LMU’s undergraduate and entrepreneurship
program 22nd in the United States. In addition, The Education Trust singled out LMU along with
11 U.S. public and private universities for best combined graduation rates for Hispanic and
African American students in 2010.
Founded by the Society of Jesus, Loyola College of Los Angeles was incorporated in 1918 and
gained university status in 1930. Forty-three years later, Loyola University merged with
neighboring Marymount College to become Loyola Marymount University. Loyola Marymount
University provides academic students the opportunity to expand their learning through higher-
level education inspired by the principles and morals of the Jesuits, the Marymount Sisters, and
the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange. The beliefs of these religious orders helped shape the
University’s mission: “the encouragement of learning, the education of the whole person, the
service of faith and the promotion of justice.” LMU is dedicated to encouraging students to
become “men and women for others.” LMU students volunteer more than 175,000 service hours
with 350 non-profit organizations. Students also reach many additional communities through
community-based learning, academic courses, alternative breaks, and other volunteer
opportunities.
Under the direction of Dean Richard G. Plumb, Ph.D., LMU’s Seaver College of Science and
Engineering prides itself on its academic rigor, interdisciplinary offerings, close mentoring of
students by faculty, and sophisticated and original undergraduate research. Hands-on experiences
and cross-disciplinary courses produce outstanding scientists and engineers who are schooled not
only in the latest technology, but also in ethics, preparing them for the unprecedented challenges
brought by ongoing scientific and technological breakthroughs.
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Project Description
The Malingunde School for the Blind and the Malingunde Community Health Center do not
have adequate access to potable water. The Malingunde School for the Blind, a school serving 30
blind and visually impaired students in Malawi Africa, does not have a water conveyance system
on the premises. The school children must walk to the Lilongwe River, one kilometer away and
down a rocky hill. Blind and visually impaired students at the Malingunde School are often
orphaned and the Malawi government does not have the resources to provide for them
adequately. The need for clean water burdens not only the students but also the patients at the
local health center as well. The health center, which serves over 200 community members
yearly, uses unfiltered water pumped from the Lilongwe River. Contaminated water causes
commonplace outbreaks of cholera, typhoid, diarrhea, and other waterborne illness in
Malingunde; these diseases infect so many villagers that patients overflow from the health center
and camp outside. Clean water is needed for the students, for the patients at the school’s health
center and for the local community.
The Republic of Malawi, a landlocked country, is among the world’s least developed and most
densely populated countries. In 2009 the International Monetary Fund ranked Malawi the twelfth
poorest country in the world. The Malawi government depends heavily on outside aid to meet the
needs of its largely rural population.
The students of Loyola Marymount University in partnership with Engineers Without Borders
(EWB-LMU) want to eliminate the difficulty and hardship for the Malingunde students and
community to obtain water by building a water conveyance and filtration system to provide
potable water to the school. As the group’s faculty advisor, Dr. Jeremy Pal states: “More than a
billion people worldwide lack access to clean water and sanitization, leading to millions of
premature deaths every year, most of which are children... I feel proud that LMU engineering
students are making a difference to those who aren’t as fortunate as we are.”
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Project Objectives
The goals of the project are to:
1. Provide convenient, reliable and potable water for the school and health center; and
2. Heighten awareness of the needs of others.
The quantitative benefit projections are as follows:
Performance Measure Quantitative Outcome Local/Global Impact
Makes More Water Available 2.96 Acre Feet/Year Global
Improves equitable access to fresh
drinking water and sanitation
practices
230 Global
Cost associated with each of the
physical quantitative outcomes
above
$48.26/person,
$3750/AF/yr and
26.4 Gallons/Capita/Day
Global
The Malingunde community is composed of 230 people who will gain improved access to clean
drinking water and sanitation practices because of this project. The cost, based solely on the
equipment costs, is $48.26 per person served. This project will provide 2.96 acre-feet per year to
Malingunde, and the cost per acre-foot per year is $3750. An approximated 100 people will use
the system each day, so based on the daily amount of people using the system, this project makes
available 26.4 gallons per capita per day.
The communications content strand is the focus of our project. In order to heighten awareness of
the needs of the global community, the student group plans to hold an on-campus forum focusing
on the Malawi project and the global water crisis on the LMU campus. During the
implementation trip, a senior LMU film student will film the project and put together a short
documentary. The documentary will be presented both during the freshman Introduction to
Engineering class in Fall 2012 to involve more students early on in the project and at the on
campus forum in Spring 2013. LMU will also submit a press release to the local papers such as
the Loyolan, the Santa Monica Daily Breeze, the Santa Monica Mirror and the Los Angeles
Times, and to Vistas, the LMU alumni magazine distributed to approximately 55,000 alumni. In
addition, the project will be posted on the LMU website which has approximately two million
external visitors each month.
An LMU alumni and current LMU sophomore computer science student are designing a website
for the project is currently being made to raise awareness for this project as well as the global
water crisis: http://www.lmuprojectmalawi.org. The documentary will be uploaded to the
website after the project is completed, and future project news will be advertised on the site. A
Donate Now button will facilitate fundraising for repairs and future trips to not only sustain but
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also add on to the water conveyance and filtration system. The website will be advertised on the
LMU website, in the press release, and at the project presentations to increase visitor traffic.
Project Feasibility
In order to build the water system, the students visited Malawi in July and August 2009 to
determine the feasibility of building the system and to gather relevant data for the design of the
water pumping and storage system. The 2009 assessment trip was approved by Engineering
without Borders. The students, under the direction of Jeremy Pal, Ph.D., are currently finalizing
the system. The design will include a standard electrical pump and a cleansing system that uses
sand to filter non-biological particulates and bacteria to filter biological contaminants. The
design will be submitted to the U.S. Board of Engineers Without Borders in 2012 to ensure that
the proposal meets the appropriate engineering requirements. In compliance with the Engineers
Without Borders guidelines, the group has also committed a minimum of five years to the
Malingunde School to ensure that the system remains workable. The students will go to Malawi
for two weeks in May 2012 to build the system.
The Lilongwe Water Board, through Stayford L. Kampini, zone manager, has provided the
necessary approval of the project. The school and the Malingunde community will participate in
building the system, although the Malingunde School for the Blind’s participation will be
minimal due to the students’ visual impairment. The student group will also teach the community
members how the system was designed. Aristarcko Mzikuola, headmaster, will assist with the
coordination of the community participation. The group will obtain the needed materials in the
city of Malingunde and the capital city of Malawi, Lilongwe. Before the 2012 trip to Africa, the
group will order the materials and the International Rotary Club will coordinate the delivery of
the materials to the school.
Project Sustainability
The students planning and attending the trip include undergraduate freshmen, sophomores,
juniors, and seniors. The upperclassmen will be responsible for the education of the
underclassmen in their future responsibilities with respect to the project. The underclassmen will
be responsible for the sustainability of the project. This responsibility will include regular
contact with the Malingunde School for the Blind to assure proper maintenance and performance
of the water filtration system as well as conveyance of relevant information for possible repairs
and maintenance of the system. Future trips will seek to expand on this project to further
improve water sanitation practices in Malingunde.
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Project Budget
The projected budget for the August 2010 trip totals $32,950 and consists primarily of equipment
expenses and travel, food and lodging expenses for the students and faculty. The students have
volunteered to cover the costs of the website. The students and Dr. Pal donates their time, but
funds approximating $11,100 are needed for equipment expenses. A $10,000 grant from The
Allergan Foundation will contribute to the remaining equipment and travel expenses. The
remainder of the funds will be covered from website donations and student contribution.
LMU Personnel
Student Team Members $15,000
Faculty Advisor $5,000
Total Personnel: $20,000
Travel Expenses
Round Trip – LAX: Malawi (7) $17,500
Travel Insurance (7) $350
Food & Lodging (7) $4,000
Total Travel: $21,850
Equipment
2 x 10,000 liter tanks $3,600
Slow Sand Filter $2,500
1,800 m 1 1/2" PVC pipe $2,400
Electric Pump $1,300
2 year Electricity Costs $1,000
Pump & Filter Personnel $300
Total Equipment: $11,100
Total Expenses $52,950
Committed Funding
Environmental Engineering &
Construction, Inc. Donation ($5,000)
Allergan Foundation Grant ($10,000)
Student Team Contributed Time ($15,000)
Faculty Advisor Contributed Time ($5,000)
Total Funds to Be Raised: $17,950
Pending Funding
World Water Forum Grant $10,000
Personal Expenses $7,950
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Water Conveyance System Design
According to the EWB-LMU Post-Assessment Report, the school currently has 30 children
enrolled and hopes grow and expand in the future. The health center serves about 200 patients
per year and treats 50 patients and personnel on an average day. However, during cholera
outbreaks the amount of treated patients can double. The design population of 100 was estimated
for this project to ensure enough clean water is available in case of disease outbreaks and school
enrollment growth. Per capita daily water usage for the area was found to be 20 – 50 LPCD. The
upper bound was used in design and the required active storage for the community was
determined to be 5,000L. Our design determined a 10,000 L tank to be adequate storage to
accommodate the active storage as well as some emergency storage. It is to be an elevated tank
constructed on site. Its height above the proposed pump location is estimated to be 50ft after
construction.
PVC pipe is recommended for use. Since PVC pipes are not suited to resist UV degradation, the
pipes will need to be placed underground. Any PVC piping above ground should have carbon
black pigments, which act as an excellent UV stabilizer. Multiple possible pipe paths have been
determined and 0.5 miles is the average assumed length of pipe required. Pipe diameters of 1 to
1-½ inches are suitable for this type of application. Pipes smaller than 1 inch may be prone to
clogging as the water being transported is untreated and unfiltered. Pipes larger than 1.5 inches
may require excessive pump head in order to produce an ideal pipe velocity such that any
particles do not settle out of the water. The resulting higher flow rates would cause the tank
filling time to decrease and it would be impractical to purchase such a pump for less than an hour
of operation in a day.
Given pipe diameters of 1 to 1 ½ inches, the pump will only have to operate for 2 to 12 hours
(see table below for pumping interval ranges for different pipe sizes). This is ideal since power
outages have been known to occur from time to time. Continuous pumping for longer time
intervals was found to be impractical for this application given the size of the tank and the
quality of the water; continuous pumping would have required either a very small flow rate
resulting in settling of suspended particles, or a very small pipe at optimum velocity which
would be prone to clogs and breaking. A valve must be placed on the pipe system upstream from
the filter to control fluid flow.
The pump system curves (see figure below) were developed based on pipe sizes of 1, 1-¼, and 1-
½ inches. Bernoulli’s equation and the Darcy-Weisbach formula for frictional head loss were
used to determine the pump head required. The derivation of the following formula for pump
head can be found in the appendix:
g
V
D
LfzhP
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where hP is the pump head required in feet, z is the elevation of the water level in the tank above
the pump location, f is the Darcy-Weisbach friction factor, L is the estimated length of pipe, D is
the specified diameter of the pipe, V is the pipe velocity and g is acceleration due to gravity. A
printout of the spreadsheets used to develop the pump curves and detailing the steps of the
solution can be found in the Appendix. Minor losses were ignored.
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When choosing a pump, it is necessary to check that the operating point lies within the operating
range and the shutoff head does not exceed the maximum pressure head. (See table below for
maximum pressure head for the pertinent pipe sizes). The table in the Appendix shows the
maximum pressure head for the varying PVC pipe sizes. The final pipe size will be determined
from these calculations.
Pipe Diameter Flowrate (gpm) Velocity
(fps) hp (ft) Pressure (psi)
Time-to-Fill
(hrs)
1 inch Qmin = 5.62 2.30 117.34 50.85 7.84
Qmax = 16.06 6.56 493.89 214.02 2.74
1.25 inches Qmin = 8.78 2.30 101.78 44.11 5.02
Qmax = 25.09 6.56 371.11 160.81 1.76
1.5 inches Qmin = 12.65 2.30 91.41 39.61 3.48
Qmax = 36.13 6.56 317.48 137.57 1.22
Table: Data for Design Pipe Sizes
Figure: Developed System Curves for 1, 1 ½, and 1 ¼ inch pipes
If designed according to the previously mentioned parameters, the system will be able to provide
water for the community and flow at acceptable velocities and pressure. The system in this report
has been designed to be versatile so that changes and additions to the design can be easily made
to encompass unforeseen changes during construction.
System Curves
for Malinguande Water Conveyance System
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100.00
200.00
300.00
400.00
500.00
600.00
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Flow Rate, Q (gpm)
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Slow-Sand Filtration Design
After researching several options for filtrations, we chose Slow Sand Filtration (SSF) because it
is the most effective for lesser-developed countries. Since the influent water from the Lilongwe
River was found to have turbidity less than 20 NTU, the SSF is a feasible method. SSF yields a
high rate of impurity removal from source water through sedimentation, adsorption, straining,
and chemical/biological processes. This filter design is very cost-efficient, easy to maintain, and
does not require additional chemical disinfection because of the biological processes. Previous
projects from other outreach organizations at this location have failed due to highly technical
systems that the community was unable to upkeep. Due to all of these factors, SSF is the best
option for filter design for the Malawi site.
A constant inflow is required for this system to ensure the growth of the “schmutzdecke” and to
provide a constant hydraulic head to drive the water through treatment. The schmutzdecke is a
biological layer that forms on top of the sand filter after three to seven days of implementation.
This layer of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, rotifer, and aquatic insect larvae provide adequate means
of purifying the water by breaking down pathogens into inorganic compounds. The water above
the schmutzdecke should have a constant depth of 0.5 – 1.5 meters to provide the necessary head
through the sand.
The filter sand beneath the schmutzdecke should have a minimum diameter of 0.1 millimeters, a
maximum diameter of 3 millimeters, an effective grain size of 0.15 – 0.35 millimeters, and a
uniformity coefficient of less than 3. The ideal rate of percolation through the sand filter is 0.2
meters per hour. The sand layer should be at least one meter thick to ensure this rate of
percolation. Before the sand is placed in the filtration system, it needs to be washed to remove
any preexisting organic matter. Beneath the filter sand layer, and underdrain medium will need to
be chosen to surround the discharge pipes to prevent the migration of sand into the discharge
pipes. This underdrain layer should be graded to ensure proper retention of the sand filter.
Depending upon the turbidity of the influent, the removal of the schmutzdecke should take place
every six months. During the rainy season, the system will have to be cleaned every three
months. Since the schmutzdecke requires a few days to get back into operation after cleaning, the
design accommodates enough storage for the community to have a reserve of potable water until
the schmutzdecke is properly established again.
Typical slow sand filtration rates are usually between 0.05 to 0.15 gal/min-ft2. For this
application, the estimated range for the total area for the slow sand filters in operation would be
112 to 240 square feet. The filter must be located below the elevated reservoir and another tank
may have to be provided to store water after filtration. It will also be covered to reduce outside
contaminants from infiltrating the system.
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Project Management Team
Name Title/Organization Address E-mail
1 Dr. Jeremy Pal LMU Associate
Professor
Pereira South-132
One LMU Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90045
jpal@lmu.edu
2 Kelly McEnerney LMU Student Project
Manager
One LMU Dr MSB 4741
Los Angeles, CA 90045
kmcenern@lion.lmu.edu
3 Hannah Thames LMU Student Project
Manager
One LMU Dr MSB 7621
Los Angeles, CA 90045
hannah.c.thames@gmail.com
4 Michaela Lentz LMU Student Team One LMU Dr MSB 4843
Los Angeles, CA 90045
mlentz1@lion.lmu.edu
5 Will Shaffer LMU Student Team One LMU Dr MSB 6189
Los Angeles, CA 90045
will_shaffer@yahoo.com
6 Sam Queen LMU Student Team One LMU Dr MSB 7753
Los Angeles, CA 90045
sam.j.queen@gmail.com
7 Quinlan Thames LMU Student Team One LMU Dr MSB 2133
Los Angeles, CA 90045
rqthames@yahoo.com
8 Aris Ford LMU Alumni Web
Designer
816 Chapman Ave.
Orange, CA 92868
arisford@gmail.com
9 Steve Shaffer Enivronment
Engineering &
Contracting, Inc.
501 Parkcenter Drive
Santa Ana, CA 92705
jshaffer@eecworld.com
10 Stayford Kampini Zone Manager P.O.Box 96, Lilongwe madzi@malawi.net
Group Qualifications
Jeremy Pal, Ph.D., the faculty advisor who led the 2009 assessment trip Malingunde, will
accompany the students this May for the project implementation. He is an assistant professor of
Civil Engineering at Loyola Marymount University and volunteers his time for the project. At
LMU Dr. Pal teaches classes in water resources, computer modeling, and surveying. His research
interests include hydro-climatology, water resources, agriculture, flood and drought, sustainable
development, climate prediction change and variability, and earth system modeling. Dr. Pal has a
B.S. in Civil Engineering from Loyola Marymount University and M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil and
Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to joining
LMU, he was a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, co-recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize. With UNESCO’s International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Dr. Pal
performed high-level research, trained researchers and organized international workshops in
developing nations.
John Shaffer, president of Environmental Engineering and Contracting Inc. (EEC Inc.), will also
assist the team of students on the implementation trip. As the president of EEC Inc. for the past
16 years, Mr. Shaffer has overseen and managed several water and wastewater projects. His
extensive field experience will be valuable to the team during the trip.
Students Michaela Lents, Kelly McEnerney, Will Shaffer, and Hannah Thames are all civil
engineering students at LMU. The student have taken classes such as Fluid Mechanics I and II,
Water and Wastewater Engineering, and Open Channel Hydraulics which have equipped them
with the skills and experience to design and implement this system. Michaela and Kelly have
interned with San Diego Gas and Power and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern
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California respectively. Their experience with these agencies have provided insight into the
planning of extensive projects which has been useful I the foresight and planning of this project.
Hannah brings extensive travel experience to the team as she performed research in France and
has led service trips with Homes for the Homeless in Reynosa, Mexico.
Sam Queen is a student of the Film and Television School at LMU and he will be filming the
implementation trip in order to create a documentary on the team’s trip to Malingunde and the
world water crisis. While at LMU Sam has taken courses including Production I, II, and III,
Fundamentals of Directing, and Documentary Pre-Production which have enabled him to direct
and produce several short films as well as a documentary on global water issues.
The website, mobile site, and Facebook splash page have been designed and managed by
Quinlan Thames, an electrical engineering and computer science student at LMU, and Aris Ford,
a graphic designer and LMU alumni.
Conclusion
Loyola Marymount University appreciates The World Water Forum’s consideration of a $10,000
grant. Building the water conveyance system for the Malingunde School for the Blind is a project
that exemplifies the mission of Loyola Marymount University and the Seaver College of Science
and Engineering to educate the whole person and to promote social justice. The project will teach
students the necessary engineering tools needed to pursue engineering careers after graduation,
and will also enable them to provide a necessary service to the needy people of Malingunde. As
James Clements, one of the previous mechanical engineering student participants in the 2009
assessment trip, stated: “I believe if you have the ability to do good in the world, then you have
an ethical responsibility to do so.” A grant from The World Water Forum Grant will enable the
students to fulfill this ethical responsibility.
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Appendix
PVC
Nominal Pipe
Size
(inches)
Required Minimum Burst Pressure
(psi)
Maximum Operating Pressure
(psi)
Schedule 401)
Schedule 802)
Schedule 40 Schedule 80
½ 1910 2720 358 509
¾ 1540 2200 289 413
1 1440 2020 270 378
1 1/4 1180 1660 221 312
1 1/2 1060 1510 198 282
2 890 1290 166 243
2 1/2 870 1360 182 255
3 840 1200 158 225
4 710 1110 133 194
5 620 1040 117 173
6 560 930 106 167
8 500 890 93 148
10 450 790 84 140
12 420 600 79 137
References
Unit Operations and Processes in Environmental Engineering, 2nd
Ed. (Reynolds/Richards, 1996)
Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, 5th
Ed. (Munsen/Young/Okiishi 2006)
“Water Resources Guidelines” (EWB-USA 2005)
Engineering Toolbox <http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/>
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From: Hutchson Mthinda <hutchhm@gmail.com<mailto:hutchhm@gmail.com>> Date: May 22, 2011 10:37:59 PM PDT To: "Pal, Jeremy S." <jpal@lmu.edu<mailto:jpal@lmu.edu>> Cc: Marshal Chilenga <tf@malawi.net<mailto:tf@malawi.net>> Subject: Re: Long time... Jeremy, I have been assigned this project to see it to the end. I would like to confirm that our club is committed to this project. I will look at the issues raised in your email and revert soonest. Rgds, Hutch On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Pal, Jeremy S. <jpal@lmu.edu<mailto:jpal@lmu.edu>> wrote: Dear Rotarians, It is essential that we have the Lilongwe Rotary Club's support in this endeavor and that the Malingunde School for the Blind have Lilongwe Rotary Club's continued support over the life of the project. We realize that all of you are busy and that we are asking a lot via this partnership. We would therefore fully understand if you were not able to make this commitment. Can you please let us know whether or not you will be able to make this commit to this project? If you are able to, we will need the five below issues addressed before we make our flight arrangements to come. Note that we were hoping perform the implementation in June, but suspect this is no longer feasible - perhaps August is better. We look forward to hearing you response. All the best! Jeremy and the LMU Engineers Without Borders Team Jeremy S Pal | Ph.D | Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science | Seaver College of Science & Engineering 1 LMU Drive | MS 8145 | Los Angeles, California 90045-2659 | 310.568.6241<tel:310.568.6241> LMU | LA On May 3, 2011, at 10:13 AM, Pal, Jeremy S. wrote: Dear Rotarians,
It is hard to believe that almost two years have past since our trip to Lilongwe. We are hoping to return the second week of June for a two week period to implement a pump and treat system for the Malingunde School for the Blind. Before we purchase our flight tickets, we need to work out few details so we can hit the ground running. As you may recall, we had hoped to collaborate with the Malingunde Women's Training School, since they also pump water from the reservoir. Unfortunately, this alternative is no longer a possibility. We believe, however, a better alternative is to collaborate with health centre next to the school. We would improve their system to provide potable water to both the health centre and the School for the Blind. To make this happen, we need an agreement with the health centre entailing the following: 1. Pump: As we understand that the health centre's existing pump is unreliable, we will purchase a new pump and install it in place of the old one. Note that during our previous visit we were given verbal permission by the Water Board to install a pump in the pump house. If the Water Board is still supportive of our endeavor, we could potentially install a new pump and keep the old one as a backup. 2. Tank and Filter: We will place a 5,000 liter tank (perhaps smaller) and construct a slow sand filtration system on the hillside above the school and health centre just above the existing tank. The new tank and filtration system will be connected to the existing tank as part of the overall system. Is special permission required for this or can we simply place them there? 3. Piping System: The Malingunde School for the Blind's water will be supplied from the health centre's lower tank via the school's existing piping system. 4. Pump Operator: The health centre will provide the pump operator and pay for operation costs. If the operating costs are a problem, perhaps Engineers Without Borders could prepay some of the electricity bill. 5. Sustainability: Engineers With Borders requires a 5-year commitment from the local group with which we are working. As quite a bit of money and time will be spent on this effort, we would like to be sure that the school will have your and the health centre's support over this period (hopefully longer). Time is of the essence... We would be greatly indebted if one of you could propose the above agreement to the health centre ASAP. If you think it is easier to discuss these issues via telephone, please provide a telephone number and best time to call. All the best!
Jeremy Begin forwarded message: From: tf <tf@malawi.net<mailto:tf@malawi.net><mailto:tf@malawi.net<mailto:tf@malawi.net>><mailto:tf@malawi.net<mailto:tf@malawi.net><mailto:tf@malawi.net<mailto:tf@malawi.net>>>> Date: March 29, 2011 8:57:54 AM PDT To: "Pal, Jeremy S." <jpal@lmu.edu<mailto:jpal@lmu.edu><mailto:jpal@lmu.edu<mailto:jpal@lmu.edu>><mailto:jpal@lmu.edu<mailto:jpal@lmu.edu><mailto:jpal@lmu.edu<mailto:jpal@lmu.edu>>>> Subject: RE: [Possible Spam]: RE: Long time... Looking forward to seeing you. My regards Marshal -----Original Message----- From: Pal, Jeremy S. [mailto:jpal@lmu.edu<mailto:jpal@lmu.edu><mailto:jpal@lmu.edu<mailto:jpal@lmu.edu>>] Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 1:16 AM To: Hemant Bhagat; rainbow@globemw.net<mailto:rainbow@globemw.net><mailto:rainbow@globemw.net<mailto:rainbow@globemw.net>><mailto:rainbow@globemw.net<mailto:rainbow@globemw.net><mailto:rainbow@globemw.net<mailto:rainbow@globemw.net>>>; Marshal Chilenga; Lloyd katema; Hutchson Mthinda Subject: Re: [Possible Spam]: RE: Long time... Importance: Low Greetings Rotarians, We are excited to return to Malawi to continue our work with the Malingunde School for the Blind. Our hope is to implement a slow sand filtration system in June. Will all of you be available to support our efforts? As part of our trip, the students would like to stay with Rotarian families in Lilongwe. Would this be a possibility? Our team consists of around 8 individuals. All the best! Jeremy On Nov 12, 2010, at 1:32 AM, Hemant Bhagat wrote: Hi Pal You are most welcome looking forwqrd to see u
hemant -----Original Message----- From: Pal, Jeremy S. [mailto:jpal@lmu.edu<mailto:jpal@lmu.edu><mailto:jpal@lmu.edu<mailto:jpal@lmu.edu>>] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 4:15 AM To: rainbow@globemw.net<mailto:rainbow@globemw.net><mailto:rainbow@globemw.net<mailto:rainbow@globemw.net>><mailto:rainbow@globemw.net<mailto:rainbow@globemw.net><mailto:rainbow@globemw.net<mailto:rainbow@globemw.net>>> Cc: Marshal Chilenga; Hemant Bhagat; Lloyd katema Subject: Re: Long time... Hi Iqbal, Great to hear from you! We will contact Mr. Marashal Chilenga to see if we can continue our collaborations. Hopefully we will see you early next year! Jeremy On Nov 9, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Iqbal Jakhura wrote: Hi Jeremy, Nice to hear from you and it also nice that you still remember us. In Malawi, things are fine and pretty much the same as you have seen when you were here. In the Rotary Club all the positions are for a year and neither I nor Lloyd are in the projects committee this year. By copy of this email, I am introducing you to Mr Marashal Chilenga, the current President and Mr Hemant Bhagat, the Projects Director. If you need any further assistance from me, you are welcome to contact me anytime. Best regards Iqbal -----Original Message----- From: Pal, Jeremy S. [mailto:jpal@lmu.edu<mailto:jpal@lmu.edu><mailto:jpal@lmu.edu<mailto:jpal@lmu.edu>>] Sent: 05 November 2010 5:24 PM To: rainbow@globemw.net<mailto:rainbow@globemw.net><mailto:rainbow@globemw.net<mailto:rainbow@globemw.net>><mailto:rainbow@globemw.net<mailto:rainbow@globemw.net><mailto:rainbow@globemw.net<mailto:rainbow@globemw.net>>> Subject: Re: Long time...
Dear Iqbal, I am resending this email in case it ended up in your spam folder. I hope all is well. Jeremy On Oct 28, 2010, at 10:22 PM, Pal, Jeremy S. wrote: Dear Iqbal, It has been a very long time! Too long!!! How are things in Malawi? I am currently teaching in Bonn, Germany for the fall semester. It is nice here, but I miss the warm weather of home, as I am sure you can appreciate being from Malawi. We are hoping to get the Malingunde School for the Blind project up and going again. We faced delays last year because of a lack of funding. However, a few months ago, we were awarded a $10,000 USD grant from the Allergan Foundation to continu the project. As a result, the students have been working hard to design the water system and to submit all the required paperwork to Engineers Without Borders. The target implementation date is the first two weeks of March. If we are do the project, we would need some help and support from the Rotary Club. For example, we need water quality data from the Water Board. Additionally, we need to reconfirm that we have permission from the Water Board to use their pump room at the reservoir to install a pump. Are you and the Rotary Club still involved with the Malingunde School for the Blind? If so, I hope you are willing to work together to get the water project done. I look forward to hearing from you! All the best to you and your family, Jeremy -- Jeremy Pal | Ph.D | Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science Seaver College of Science and Engineering Loyola Marymount University 1 LMU Drive | MS 8145 | Los Angeles | CA 90045 310 568 6241<tel:310%20568%206241><tel:310%20568%206241>