Track: Engineering Management

Abstract

The challenge of water shortages is affecting a lot of areas in South Africa especially rural areas. The government have introduced different strategies to deal with the problem. Amongst the areas in South Africa, Mpumalanga Province is one of the areas that struggles with water shortages. An investigation is conducred to address the water crisis and present solutions from the System Analysis. The issues of the budget were addressed to assist with the allocation of funds that will help the communities.  The effective pumping systems strategic management are also addressed in this study to assist management to maintain the leaking and burst pipes. The commercial steel is the material of the pipe used for the pumping system. The calculations of the pumping system were carried out to help with improving of the system based on the demand that arises with the increase of the population.  The pumping system curves were plotted at different length of the system to improve the head while the flow rate is kept at constant.