Diseño de una red hidrosanitaria sustentable para el edificio Engadí : evaluación de caudales.

Abstract

Currently, the planet is undergoing water stress that has driven the need to adopt sustainable approaches to water management, especially in the construction sector. In this context, the curricular integration work is focused on analyzing the availability of phreatic and pluvial flows for the Engadí Building, located in La Carolina. The first step was to determine the net endowment according to Ecuadorian regulations to meet the basic needs of the inhabitants. Then, the water supply was quantified in the dry season (for groundwater) and rainy season (groundwater and rainwater), allowing to meet the minimum demand of the building. For this purpose, precipitation data for the last 20 years from a nearby station was analyzed to understand the variability and its impact on the current project. Subsequently, an analysis of the water quality of both sources was carried out to determine its condition and verify that it complies with the consumption parameters established by the TULSMA and INEN 1108 standards. In this way, it was possible to define that the required potabilization process is a basic one. Finally, it was determined that the average available flow (96.53% phreatic and 3.47% rainwater) in the study area in winter and summer is 166.80 m3/day and 83.71 m3/day, respectively, which allowed proposing sustainable alternatives that take advantage of the use of water resources.