Caracterización de la curva de consumo diario de la red de agua potable de los sectores Izamba, Cunchibamba y Unamuncho I del cantón Ambato

Abstract

Due to the magnitude of the representative sample for the most extensive sectors of Ambato, the current experimental work has focused on the eastern side of urban Izamba, along with the Cunchibamba and Unamuncho sectors. The research aims to determine the demand for drinking water produced by users of the aforementioned sectors, with the aim of using it in the pre-sizing of distribution networks and in subsequent studies related to the consumption of such resource. The collection of field information was initiated by recording the volumes of drinking water consumed in the various households selected for each sector. During a period of 60 consecutive days, surveys were conducted in order to determine the consumption habits and the number of users in each dwelling. Afterwards, the hourly consumption was registered in a dwelling of the Cunchibamba sector, through a video camera installed for 24 hours each day, for a period of 7 consecutive days. Finally, the pressure measurement was carried out in each of the households corresponding to each sector of study. Once the data collection was completed, the registered information was tabulated and analyzed independently for each sector by obtaining statistical representations, curves and consumption patterns, extrapolation of daily average consumption. The outcomes of this analysis were digitized through a geographic information system.