Incidencia de fugas en la red de abastecimiento de agua potable del cantón Logroño, provincia Morona Santiago.
Drinking water losses generate significant economic and environmental damages due to the waste of this vital resource for living beings, which is becoming increasingly scarce. According to the drinking water and sanitation statistical bulletin published by the Water Regulation and Control Agency in...
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| Natura: | bachelorThesis |
| Lingua: | spa |
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2023
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| Accesso online: | http://dspace.unach.edu.ec/handle/51000/10713 |
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Aggiungi Tag | Riassunto: | Drinking water losses generate significant economic and environmental damages due to the waste of this vital resource for living beings, which is becoming increasingly scarce. According to the drinking water and sanitation statistical bulletin published by the Water Regulation and Control Agency in 2020, Ecuador obtained an average of 47.69% of unaccounted water nationally. It is a fact that the level of unaccounted water in Logroño was better than the national average since it appeared with an estimated 37.93%, which placed it in a "good" rating. However, there were doubts that this value was correct due to the constant water cut problems experienced in the town because of broken pipes and damaged water meters. Therefore, the researcher decided to investigate the incidence of leaks in the potable water supply network of Logroño to determine the actual leaked volume and the annual economic losses generated annually. This research frames a quantitative-qualitative approach due to the quantification of data obtained from the GAD of Logroño regarding injected flow rates and qualitative because we will compare the difference between the results obtained from the injected and consumed flow rates. For this reason, the researcher got data on billed and injected volumes. The water balance method was implemented to estimate the uncontrolled leaked volume. The results showed more than 76.03% of the total infiltrated flow rate leaks. These volumetric losses generate annual economic losses exceeding $10,000. Therefore, the town's current percentage of unaccounted water should be classified as "low" performance. Additionally, it was found that the overall system performance rating is "unacceptable" according to the categories proposed by (Cabrera, Almandoz, Arregui, & García-Serra, 1999) since it never reaches 50% in any year. |
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