Consumption of Treated Water

Universitas Andalas (Unand) has a drinking water treatment plant (SPAM IPA) that serves the drinking water needs throughout the university area. The raw water used comes from two sources: the Ladang Kabau intake at 312 meters above sea level and the agricultural intake at 289 meters above sea level, both with a capacity of 45 L/sec.

SPAM IPA Unand has two treatment units: conventional treatment and ultrafiltration. Conventional treatment involves the use of a Quick Sand Filter (SPC), while ultrafiltration treatment uses membrane technology with a capacity of 5 L/sec. Unand SPAM provides various facilities on campus, including lecture buildings, faculty buildings, student activity facilities, dormitories, places of worship, and hospitals in the campus area.

Raw water is taken from the beach through an intake, then channeled by gravity through a galvanized iron pipe (GIP) with a diameter of 250 mm to the filtration unit for the filtering process, and finally flows to the campus area. The filtered water then flows to a reservoir for distribution to the service area using a branch system.

The capacity of Andalas University IPA is 3,888 m³ /day, while the use of water in accordance with the standard needs for the academic community and Unand students is 2,669 m³ /person/day, and the total water usage for hospitals and dormitories of Unand is 293 m³ /bed/day. Therefore, based on these results, it can be concluded that the Unand IPA has met the daily water usage criteria.

Consumption of Treated Water
	Distribution of Drinking Water