DESIGN OF WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR AL-KARMELVILLAGE

Abstract

The disposal of raw wastewater without treatment creates major potential health and environmental problems. In yatta rural areas, the sewage facilities do not exist. The People disposal sanitary waste in cesspits, latrines and open drains. The wastewater has been seeping into the ground through the overflows of the deteriorated cesspits and latrines causing serious environmental and health problems.

AL-Karmel village like other villages in yatta district has no wastewater collection system.The People are using cesspits, latrines and septic tanks. These latrines and cesspits are deteriorating and they are in bad condition, adding to this the increasing in water consumption and consequently increasing in wastewater production, resulting in over flows from the cesspits and recharges of ground water in AL-Karmel village.

This studay is show that the wastewater collection system for AL-Karmel village is designed by gravity ,it is cover all the area of the village with the future built up area. Tth system consest of 6 trunks with diameter between 200 mm to 375 mm.