Diseño de un sistema de abastecimiento de agua en la comunidad Guadual en Cojimíes – Manabí.

Abstract

The purpose of this project was to design a potable water supply system in the Guadual community. In this place is easy to see lack of water and the limited access to the resource for the people who live there, that’s because the groundwater sources are contaminated by the salt water infiltration. To designing this system, as a first step, it was necessary made the population analysis through the calculation of the population growth until the year 2050, with the information from the population, it was possible determinate the water supply that the dwellers needs to their diary use. As next step was analyzing the hydraulic behavior of the potable water supply system employing the software EPANET were realizing two simulations of the system, the first one had a storage tank placed at the beginning of the community and the second one, without the storage tank. Both simulations were compared specially in their hydraulic information and that helped to make a decision about which system is more successful for the community. Finally, the drawings of the system were made with all the data from the simulation and the type of designed selected, also were placed all the accessories like drain valves and air valves throughout the project, destined to operation and maintenance works. In the template of the drawings were specified all the hydraulic data that is necessary to the suitable management and construction of the system. The last step was making a cost estimate of the jobs and materials necessary to implement the project in the community.