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Studio Pietrangeli

Beirut – Lebanon

Beirut Hydropower

Engineering for capital city water supply system

Beirut – Lebanon

Beirut Hydropower

Damage assessment and proposal for rehabilitation works of the capital city water supply system.

Beirut - Lebanon

PLACE

Committee for Development and Reconstruction (CDR)

CLIENT

1992 - 1996

YEAR

Main Features

MAIN STRUCTURES:

  • 5 intakes from spring
  • 70 main wells
  • 2 treatment plants
  • 19 urban storage tanks
  • 22 pumping stations
  • Supply network ( L = 50 km )
  • Distribution network ( L = 1’170 km )

PRE-REHABILITATION:

  • Water resource = 250’000 m³/d
  • Network losses = 60%
  • Supplied population = 1’700’000 inh.
  • Per capita water consumption = 60 l/cap/d

POST-REHABILITATION:

  • Water resource = 350’000 m³/d
  • Network losses = 35%
  • Supplied population = 1’800’000 inh.
  • Per capita water consumption = 120 l/cap/d

Beirut – Lebanon

Beirut Hydropower

Engineering
Services

Inspection of the intakes and of the main supply structures

Inspection of the pipelines in the areas of visible losses

Hydraulic study of the network in order to divide the whole area in hydraulically homogeneous systems

Identification, program and cost estimation of the rehabilitation works

Supervision during rehabilitation works

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