37º IAHS World Congress on Housing: - Universidad de Cantabria

XXXVII <strong>IAHS</strong><strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> on HousingOctober 26 – 29, 2010, Santander, SpainCODE: 641AUGMENTATION OF WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGESYSTEM IN AMRITSAR – CASE STUDY - FAIZPURGopal Kumar Johari 1 , Gursharan Jeet Kaur 21Senior LecturerGuru Ramdas School of PlanningGuru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (INDIA)E-mail: joharigk@yahoo.com2Research Scholar, Architect- Urban PlannerGuru Ramdas School of PlanningGuru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (INDIA)E-mail: ar_jimmy@yahoo.co.ukKey words: Geographic Information System, Sewerage system, Sewer, Urban Infrastructure, WaterSupplyAbstractSince urban population is increasing in India at an alarming rate, it is facing the problemsrelated to shortage of natural resources and various environmental problems. Hence, optimumuse of natural resources in urban settlement is the need of the hour. Nevertheless, the demandfor more and varied community facilities increases as population grows, urban area expands,old facilities become outdated, living standards and public expectations rises. This can onlybe managed by intelligent planning done by present day technology – GeographicalInformation System (GIS) and Remote Sensing. In this paper the case study of Faizpur, aresidential area in Amritsar city which got developed as an unauthorized area due to outspreadgrowth of Amritsar city. There is no comprehensive water supply system and waste watercollection system in the area. The streets and drains are developed in an ad-hoc manner andwater logging is common in normal days and becomes worst in rainy days. This paper focuseson the issues related to diseases caused by the contaminated water supplied to the residents ofFaizpur. With the help of GIS, the houses with more frequency of diseases and water supplypipes beneath the sewer lines or open drains have been correlated. It also address tomanagement & upgradation of sewerage system and updation, analysis, development,assessment, management and retrieval of data for this urban utility service. This case studyacted as framework for the augmentation of sewerage system for whole of the Amritsar City.37º <strong>IAHS</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> On Housing Science 258