Fresh Water Supply Management in Developing Countries

This portfolio interrelates the population factor with the engineering management for meeting the needs and requirements of the stakeholders. It presents a sophisticated alternative solution for the elimination of the identified problem of fresh water supply management in developing countries. The assessment methodology proposed can be a helpful approach towards eliminating the issues being faced while delivering the management of the water supply.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Week 5.............................................................................................................................................3
1. Application of ‘The Engineering Method,’ and ‘Project Management Process’....................3
2. Alternative Solutions Data Collection Methods......................................................................4
Week 6.............................................................................................................................................5
Viable Alternatives......................................................................................................................5
Week 7.............................................................................................................................................6
Assessment Methodology............................................................................................................6
Week 8.............................................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
The aim of this portfolio to interrelate the population factor with the engineering
management how much crucial is it for meeting the needs and requirements of the stakeholders
for which the solution is being proposed. I have used the internet as a source of information and
accessed the online library available for collecting the data and proceeding research on the water
supply management in developing countries. This portfolio is presented considering the
secondary data analysis for reaching at a conclusion through identifying the primary researches
made in the scholar articles and journals. Fresh water supply management is always a great
factor for the development and growth of the country and effectively applying the engineering
management in this context. The aim of this report is to reflect on the data or information
collected through different primary researches emphasizing on the presentation of a sophisticated
alternative solution for the elimination of the identified problem. I have utilized the knowledge in
relation with the engineering processes and project management processes those could be
utilized in the real world scenario as proposed case study of water supply management.
Consideration of population growth and rate of the population growth has also been considered
for the execution of the proposed solution.
Week 5
1. Application of ‘The Engineering Method,’ and ‘Project Management Process’
The engineering method can be helpful in researching over the client brief and based on
that proposing alterative solution in manner to introduce an alternative approaches that can be
applied for fulfilling the needs and requirements of the customers. Followed by alternatives,
evaluation can be proceeded in manner to identify whether the proposed alternatives are helpful

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in eliminating the issues and problems or not (Kerzner and Kerzner 2017). Other application of
the engineering method includes evaluation and checking of the alternatives and recommending
the best approach that could be delivered in context of fulfilling the needs and requirements of
the clients.
Project Management processes include the management of the activities for delivering
the project in an efficient and effective manner through eliminating all the identified risks and
issues (Nicholas and Steyn 2017). It is helpful in delivering the project constraints in a
systematic manner and accomplishing the necessary output of the organization. However, for the
establishment of an efficient and effective project, considerable factor is the engineering
management considering the present solution for water supply (Schwalbe 2015). Constant
growth of the population will be possibly affecting the project in the long run and affecting the
efficiency of the project in future.
2. Alternative Solutions Data Collection Methods
Secondary data analysis can be driven for the identification of the quantitative value in
relation with the client brief (Harrison and Lock 2017). I will be searching different research
papers in the context of the “Global Change” and the impact “Global Population and Population
Growth” considering the estimation and data collected by the researchers using primary data
analysis. These data will be considered for my research for the data collection and presenting the
solution based on this scenario. A question table can be created considering all the corners on
this subject and try to identify the answers of the questions in various online libraries and data or
information available publically (Verzuh 2015). Magazines and newspaper can be collected as
the source of information for the estimation of the exact population and needs of the population

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regarding the water supply and water harvesting. The answers of the questions will be identified
through utilizing the collected data other than the questions mentioned in the client brief.
Week 6
Viable Alternatives
Fresh and purified water supply has been always an issue in the context of the economy
development and growth of the countries. In general, the water supply does not meet the
demands of every individual in the countries. Some of the individuals might be happy however;
the government is not capable of meeting all the demands due to the rate of growth in the
population (Walden et al. 2015). The engineering disciplines are also being altered due to the
rapid enhancement in the growth of the population and it is a debatable point of concern on how
to meet the needs and requirements of the increasing population and supply them required fresh
water. The major issue in this context can be stated as the demands and requirements of the large
population living in rural areas as the government of the developing countries are not capable of
reaching the rural population and supplying the resources (Flemming and Koppelman 2016).
Drafting the global picture it can be stated that attempts had been driven for making the
arrangements of the fresh water supply in most of the developing countries however; the entire
population is not getting the advantages of these implementations. This results in leaving behind
a large crowd of the population who are not connected to the cities entirely. The approach of
utilizing the desalinated water can be a better approach in manner to increase the rate of the
water supply and thus, enhancing the scope of the fresh water management for a very large
population (Walker 2015). Understanding the ideas proposed by different writers on water
harvesting can be other alternative for meeting the needs of water requirements for the
population. The ideas can be collected for proceeding the project and innovation can be added to

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the same concept for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the identified solution
(Chapman 2018). Water harvesting considering the recycling, and rainwater collection for the
household purposes or drinking and cooking food purpose can be utilized for meeting the
increased demand. These alternatives are capable of ensuring the demand meeting and satisfying
the clients and providing them enhanced and effective services.
Week 7
Assessment Methodology
Harvesting rainwater and desalination of the ocean water can be the method for fulfilling
the needs and requirements of the population and allowing the rural population to be a part of the
society (Louks and Van Beek 2017). The research states that the water supply rate has been less
as that compared with the demands of the society and obviously, the water supply is not
considering the increase in the population that is leading to the dissatisfaction among the society
(Kerzner 2018). Considering the financial situation of the population society can be divided in
four class lower, lower middle, upper middle, high class, and they are financially rich as per the
class. The class above lower middle are sufficiently getting the availability of the fresh water
through establishing personal filters and water purifiers however, talking about the lower middle
class and lower class, they are not getting needed facilities due to lack in finance (Postel 2014).
The only supportive element for fulfilling these needs and requirements is the government and
alternative water supplies are the only option for the government to meet the increased demand
of the water supply. Saudi Arabia has recently launched a system for meeting the increased
demands of the citizens of Saudi Arabia that has considered all type of water conservation and
supplying to them enough fresh water for sustaining their lives in better way (Poff et al. 2016).
This approach can be utilized by other countries in manner to establish a network that can

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harvest the rain - water, utilize desalination process, recycle waste - water generated and
combines them for supplying the water supply (Charlie and Christie 2017). The estimation of the
population and consumption of the water is the most necessary demand for the feasibility of the
proposed methodology as it will be helpful in depicting the estimated requirements of the
project. It will include the sum of the harvested water, underground water, and recycled water,
negative water consumption and thus, estimation can be made in per gallons (Cooke et al. 2016).
Thereafter, the estimation of the available supplies can be made considering the river water and
underground water in manner to identify how much water supplies can be handled by these
means and thus, establishing new implementation those are capable of ensuring the water supply
management (including desalination, rainwater, and other harvesting measures) (Cosgrove and
Rijsberman 2014). Rise in population has resulted in many consequences as the technology
applications have certainly enhanced to very high level that leads to a statement that recycled
water cannot be utilized for drinking purpose. Therefore, it can be recommended to utilize the
recycled water for household purpose only.
Highly qualified and efficient engineering will be needed for establishing the proposed
solution for this big population (Barrow 2016). The engineering should be delivered considering
the present population of the countries and rate of growth of the population and thus, propose of
the future requirements can be determined considering meeting their needs and requirements.
Both the processes related to the project management and practice of engineering methods can be
interrelated with each other and can be incorporated sophistically of considered population as a
factor for the delivery of the project.

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Week 8
The information related to the water harvest and water supply, the present population,
and its rate of the growth can be calculated through publically available data and information on
the internet. Peer reviewed journals and reports presented by WHO can be collected those will be
presenting the exact da6ta in this context and will be helpful in identifying the numbers and
calculation value (Arlinghaus et al. 2016). Since, the identified sources will have quantitative
values those are based on the researches made by the UNESCO, WHO, and scholar writers, the
identified results can be utilized for executing the secondary data analysis and attempts will be
driven for eliminating the gaps identified in the literatures. These results can be utilized for
presenting an exact approach for fulfilling the needs and requirements of the population of
developing countries (Hammer 2014). These collected data can be helpful in exactly defining the
needs, population, and population growth in context with the demand of the fresh water for the
entire population. The approaches in relation with the satisfaction of the population can be driven
for eliminating the problem of the water supply.
The team members will be identifying the data from different libraries, hence the
coincidence of same article will be minimized, and thus, a wide range of the data can be
collected. Every individual will need to fill the data in the same file including the article heading,
numbers collected, and thus a new value can be generated for evaluating the values concluded by
different scholar writers (Postel 2014). Secondary data analysis is always an efficient approach
towards receiving at a conclusion on the data and information collected by different researchers.
Contribution of the team in data collection is always a concerning point for reaching at a
particular decision considering the efficiency and effectiveness of the results. Degree of
effectiveness can be enhanced through creating a table where every individual of the team will

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be recording the data and information results and thus, comparing everyone’s result can be an
effective approach (Rajagopalam 2015). Proper communication is another considerable factor for
managing the efficiency of the team contribution in this analysis. It is the major component for
managing and maintaining the efficiency of any project and report. Being a proper leader is
another crucial objective in this context that will be helpful in managing the conflicts and
objectives of the project being delivered. A better team leader can promote and motivate the
team members towards achieving the objectives and goals of the project and appraising the job
of the team members (Arlinghaus et al. 2016). The data collection can be divided among
different team members however; restricting the contribution in the output can be a helpful
measure for enhancing the wide range of output and based on which recognizing an efficient and
effective result.
Conclusion
Based on the above portfolio it can be concluded that the population and rate of the
growth of population is a considerable factor for the development of the community and society
considering growth and development of the countries. This portfolio highlighted the facts on how
data will be collected for the research and how these are reliable for the consideration in the
context of the fresh water supply management. The engineering discipline needs to consider the
fact of population growth as a crucial objective for meeting the needs and requirements of the
individuals. The assessment methodology proposed in the above report can be a helpful approach
towards eliminating the issues being faced while delivering the management of the water supply
in developing countries. It is based on the research made on the population and their demands of
the water supply and output that can be delivered through the proposed project of water
harvesting and recycling. While talking about benefits of the large population, rural population

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can be considered as a major factor as the development can be determined through identifying
how rural population are being benefitted through the proposed project. Project management
processes can be related with this project as it will be needing an initiation through analyzing the
scenario, and based on that planning can be initiated considering the client brief and alternatives
of the client brief. Thereafter an execution plan will be needed for meeting the needs and
requirements of the client in long term benefit of the proposed solution.
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