Alternativas de configuración de esquemas de saneamiento para la parroquia Quingeo

Abstract

The degree project is developed as a continuation of a previous study conducted in the rural parish of Quingeo, located in Cuenca, Azuay. Its objective is to assess the feasibility of various approaches for wastewater treatment in this area, focusing on proposing alternatives for sewer networks, known as external networks, which collect wastewater from different housing groups, referred to as sanitation cores. Five alternatives are proposed, with two extreme scenarios: one highly centralized and the other decentralized, followed by three intermediate options based on the number of sanitation cores. According to previous research, the parish has 42 cores and 3,131 properties, projecting a population of 12,533 inhabitants for 40 years from 2023, with 41 sewer systems that can serve one or more cores, referred to as clusters (Balarezo & Serrano, 2023). The most centralized option involves the consolidation of most existing clusters, with sewer lines directed towards fewer treatment points. This process is subsequently replicated for a greater number of clusters, referred to as agglomerations, until reaching the most decentralized option, where each cluster has its own treatment system. The project includes the routing and preliminary design of gravity-based external networks, the determination of pumping heights in specific situations, the definition of discharge points, and the estimation of investment costs. The selection of the most suitable alternative will be the subject of future studies based on cost and index analyses.