Water supply system is a basic infrastructure needed in any human habitation. Therefore, government needs to
develop drinking water supply scheme in every human habitation. Keeping this in view, different programs are initiated by
central and state governments in India to construct drinking water supply schemes. But, urban local bodies and government
agencies involved in construction of water supply schemes lack adequate skills to plan and design the schemes in an efficient
manner. This is due to the fact that multi disciplinary skills are needed to plan and design piped drinking water supply scheme.
In the research paper, the author high lights the major activities to be performed in preparing detailed project report of a piped
water supply scheme
