Approved Types of Water Supply Facilities

• Approved Types of Water Supply Facilities

  Level 1 - Also called as Point Source
• Approved Types of Water Supply Facilities

  Level 2 - Also called as Communal Faucet System or Stand-posts
• Approved Types of Water Supply Facilities

  Level 3 - Also called as Waterworks System or Individual House Connections
• Approved Types of Water Supply Facilities

  Level 1

  • A protected well or a developed spring with an outlet but without a distribution system, generally adaptable for rural areas where the house are thinly scattered
• Level 1

  Normally serves around 15 to 25 households and its outreach must <250 meters from the farthest user
• Level 1

  The yield or discharge is generally from 40 to 140 liters per minute
• Level 2


  A system composed of a source a reservoir, a piped distribution network and communal faucets, located at <25 meters from the farthest house
• Level 2

  The system is designed to delivery 40-80 liters of water per capital per day to an average of 100 households, with one faucet per 4 to 6 households
• Level 2


  Generally suitable for rural areas where houses are clustered densely to justify a simple piped system
• Level 3


  A system with a source, a reservoir, a piped distributor network and household taps
• Level 3


  Generally suited for densely populated urban areas; requires a minimum treatment or disinfection
• Level 3


  e.g. NAWASA, Maynilad