Drinking Water Distribution Systems Using APA style, write a case study that is two pages in length, double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font. Your case study should be written in paragraph form.
Some of the items that you are responding to may have one or two-word answers, but please use paragraph form with good transitions and proper grammar to tie all the concepts together in a well-written paper.
Chapter 7 covers drinking water distribution systems. Select a real city with at least 20,000 people (possibly in Virginia). Contact the water department, review their website, or do other investigations, and write a paper including, but not limited to, at least five of the following items:
-population served and location
-water source (e.g., lake, aquifer, other)
-when the system was first constructed and dates of upgrades
-types of pipe materials in the system
-the initial cost of the system
-design water flow rate for the system
-the approximate total length of pipe in the system
-number of water towers and/or pumping stations
-Indicate the vertical elevation change from the water treatment plant to the lowest and highest elevation home or business served by the water system.
-largest pipe diameter in the system
-problems with the system (e.g., recurring leaks, pipe deterioration, toxic chemical infiltration, chronic low pressure)
-type of disinfection used and whether or not fluoridation is used
-special attributes of which the city is especially proud
