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    Consumo sustentable de agua en viviendas de la ciudad de Cuenca
    (2018-07-02) Molina Castro, Eduardo Xavier; Orellana Valdez, Diana Alejandra
    This study proposes and supports the application of 4 criteria for the sustainable management of drinking water within the home in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador, defining and assessing three levels for each criterion: standard, best practices and superior practices. The control of the maximum consumption, the control of water consumption and leaks, the use of saving devices and rainwater reuse systems are the 4 criteria, the result of a larger research project titled: Method of Certification of Sustainable Construction household. The results presented here are obtained through the application of surveys to probe the existence of drinking water saving practices and the predisposition of the population to incorporate these strategies, measurements of water consumption by uses in 10 homes for a week, processing of official information on water consumption in the canton of Cuenca facilitated by ETAPA, and the analysis of secondary sources of several standards: ISO, INEC and the Ecuadorian Technical Construction Standard, among others. Finally, a case study is presented to validate the proposal through the simulation of a home, with the objective of demonstrating the savings obtained.
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    Consumo sustentable de agua en viviendas de la ciudad de Cuenca
    (2018) Molina Castro, Eduardo Xavier; Quesada Molina, Juan Felipe; Calle Pesantez, Andrea Estefania; Ortiz Fernandez, Jessica Mariela; Orellana Valdez, Diana Alejandra
    This study proposes and supports the application of 4 criteria for the sustainable management of drinking water inside the dwelling in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador. The criteria determined are: the control of water consumption, the control of leaks, the use of saving devices and water reuse systems. Three levels of assessment are defined for each criterion: standard, best practices and superior practices. For the development of the research, surveys are applied to the population that allow probing the existence and predisposition to incorporate drinking water saving practices in the homes, in addition measurements of water consumption by uses are made in 10 homes for a week, together the official information on the water consumption of the canton Cuenca facilitated by the municipal company of the city is processed, and several standards are analyzed: ISO, INEC and the Ecuadorian Technical Construction Standard, among others. Finally, it concludes with the determination of a percentage of water savings of up to 30%, which can be obtained the application of sustainable practices.
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