Caracterización de la curva de consumo de la red de agua potable de la zona urbana del cantón Santiago de Píllaro provincia de Tungurahua

Abstract

The daily consumption of potable water allows estimating the per capita consumption of a specific area by evaluating and identifying various situations, providing utility in subsequent activities and studies in the field of hydraulic engineering, such as enhancing the distribution system for the population. The behavior of daily potable water consumption in the respective area was studied. The process commenced with information gathering, involving 148 meters studied through simple random sampling. Subsequently, data collection spanned 45 days of measurements and 7 consecutive days of pressure readings. Regarding hourly consumption determination, a camera was installed in 7 residential houses on the meters during the same period. After tabulating the data, necessary calculations were performed, defining an average daily consumption for the area of 0.76 cubic meters per day. Maximum and minimum consumptions were also identified. Patterns of consumption displayed heterogeneous values to the mean, designating Sunday as the day of highest consumption. As for per capita consumption, it was found to be below the recommended allocation by CPE INEN 005-9-1, indicating an overestimation. Additionally, representative maps of the area were generated through GIS software based on pressure values and per capita consumptions per meter.