Caracterización de la curva de consumo diario de la red de agua potable de la zona urbana del cantón Cevallos, provincia de Tungurahua

Abstract

The present research work studies the drinking water consumption habits of the main urban and rural hamlets of the Cevallos canton, with the aim of obtaining the characteristic daily and hourly consumption curves of the area, per capita consumption, and pressures that allow serve as a basis for future hydraulic projects that must be referenced from real data. The development of the work began with the collection of information regarding the number of users that exist throughout the canton, defining a total of 3702 users, of which a sample of 139 who were surveyed was chosen. The analysis of the results of the surveys determined the daily consumption value representative of the sector under study, recorded for forty-five days. Then, drinking water pressure was taken at all the defined properties, and hourly consumption was obtained through the installation of cameras on seven meters in the sector. Finally, they processed the data obtained in the field and projected future consumption characteristic for the area, establishing referenced graphs. The results obtained are: daily consumption of the sector 0.36 𝑚3/day, average pressures 33.75 m.c.a, general average per capita consumption of 129.86 (L/inhab/day), per capita consumption by typology: I 180.44 (L/inhab/day ), II 137.62 (L/inhabitant/day), III 125.75 (L/inhabitant/day), and IV 168 (L/inhabitant/day), and future consumption projections for two years equal to 160.75 (L/inhabitant/day ), five years 194.41 L/day, ten years 214.72 L/day, twenty years 233.17 and finally for thirty years 243.44 L/day.