Study of Factors on water consumption focusing on strategies for better management at a 1000+ bedded hospital

Dr GSCNV Prasad; Dr G Sravan Babu; Dr Rama Mohan Desu

Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

Study of Factors on water consumption focusing on strategies for better management at a 1000+ bedded hospital

Dr Gscnv Prasad, Dr G Sravan Babu, Dr Rama Mohan Desu

Abstract :

An estimation of the water used for human consumption in hospitals is essential to determine possible savings and to fix criteria to improve the design of new water consumption models. Apart from the regular requirements in the person which is about 135 liters per day , hospitals require more in view of patient care activities , supportive services The aim of the study is to assess the total water consumed with the objective of simultaneously identifying potential areas of consumption and water supply and distribution system . Results and Recommendations ;Totally seven 7.5 Hp motors pump water to the hospital having 1600 bedded teaching general hospital An average the motors work for 10.35 hours and a total of 6,09,800 litres is pumped into the over head tanks .The users consists of 1000+ inpatients ,2000+ outpatients and double of their attendees ,,1000+ staff and 800+ students of medical, nursing , para medic utilize for their physiological needs , Drinking .apart from the major thrust areas like operation theatres , emergency, intensive care units .. Sanitation activities , cleaning of all the floor areas about 5.0Lakh sft in a day , Diet canteen , Laundry, HVAC system, CSSD, utilize ample amounts . The first step in water management of awareness of how much is consumed per day was achieved by this study . it is about 380 litres per bed per day .with a total of 1600 beds ..The authors propose that this consumption is actually was shared by the patient attendees, staff and students . Hence actual patients consume around 150 litres in a day . The strategies should aim to minimize the wastage by keeping controls over the tanks automatic stoppage of motors once the tank is full . vigilant maintenance and frequent audit is a mst . Waste water management was to be explored . Reduction ,Reuse, recycling should be properly planned for effective savings and to protect this natural resource . Aim : To Measure water consumption and effective utilization of available resources and suggest the means for minimizing the wastage (or) utilizing the waste water Objectives 1. To identify the areas of water consumption in a hospital 2. To evaluate the source and supply system 3. To calculated the power consumption 4. To calculate the water consumption / bed / day 5. To identify the factors that minimizes the wastage of water. Methodology: Retrospective: Study of the water supply system by collecting of data regarding the number of areas and users in the hospital , number of tanks available number of of motors available . Data was collected from Maintenance engineers,maintenance supervisors , plumbing department, housekeeping, canteen, Laundry,and C.S.S.D for the quantity and the system of operating of these areas . Prospective : :observational study of the operation of the motor from bore well for a period of one week following the working of maintenance division of engineering services through plumbers for 24hr in a week . Average time of working of each motor was calculated so that total water pumped into the tanks was calculated in a day . Power utilization was calculated based on the standard formulas of total Hp of all motors and total time of all motors in operation The observational study of the operation of the RO plant and tanks for a period of one week . The capacity of the tanks and the working hours was collected and the total water pumped in to the tanks was finalized. The total water pumped through all motors into all tanks in a day was taken as the total water Utilized in the hospital . ( Number of hours multiplied by Pumping capacity of each motor )