Desarrollo en la optimización de la red de agua potable del sector urbano de la ciudad de Latacunga, a partir del análisis comparativo del consumo de agua en los meses marzo, abril y mayo del 2020 en relación a los tres meses anteriores debido a la pandemia covid-19

Abstract

Over the years, drinking water systems have been designed based on estimated and imprecise data, due to the fact that there is a lack of information about the endowment in the country. It is vitally important to know the maximum consumption of residential water in the most critical conditions. In the following experimental work, the optimization of the drinking water network in the urban and rural sector of the city of Latacunga was analyzed, through the comparative analysis of water consumption in March, April and May 2020 in relation to the three months previous due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The theoretical framework, objectives, justification and legal regulations that support the research were carried out under guidelines. The methodology has a documentary, descriptive and bibliographic approach; The instruments for the collection of information were the cadastres supplied by DIMAPAL for their analysis. Then, the comparative analysis of the differentiated cadastres was generated at five levels: domestic, commercial, industrial, government official and educational official, to then generate the comparison before and after the pandemic, from there the results and discussion regarding the new ones are given. Optimization strategies in the drinking water distribution network to guarantee the improvement of the service for the city of Latacunga, based on the administration and planning of systems that offer optimal levels of quality.