Evaluación del cloro residual en la red de distribución de agua potable del cantón Azogues a través de un modelo experimental

Abstract

Several factors that degrade the quality of the water may occur in drinking water distribution networks. Several researchers have been concerned to develop methodologies to improve the quality of water in distribution networks through the simulation of water quality parameters. The objective of this study was to use the EPANET model to simulate the water quality of a sector of the system of water supply of drinking in the city of Azogues. Campaigns were carried out for the determination of the hydraulic characteristics (flow and pressure) and concentrations of residual chlorine in the minutiae of the network. The models hydraulic and quality made in EPANET were calibrated and validated for the forecast of the profiles of pressure and residual chlorine, achieving results in the simulations are very close to those measured in the field in the different points sampled, demonstrating that this type of modeling is a valuable tool that allows the monitoring of the quality of the water in each point of the distribution network.