Methodology for characterization of the urban demand of water consumption in the residential sector

• Grant number: 05/00173-6
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: July 01, 2005
• End date: March 31, 2007
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Civil Engineering - Construction Industry
• Principal Investigator: Racine Tadeu Araujo Prado
• Grantee: Racine Tadeu Araujo Prado
• Host Institution: Escola Politécnica (EP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The drinking water rationing is an eminent subject concerning the compromising in urban supplying. Such fact is due to the gradual raise of the urbanization, that carries the effects of pollutants, waterproofing, climate modification, among several other adverse factors of this topic that is so important, since the human being is totally dependent of water for its survival. Knowing these facts, and following the line of the rational use of water to diminish its scarcity, this research has the purpose of develop an urban water demand in residential sector characterization methodology, in order to assist, among others factors, in the establishment of the producing systems capacity, the maximum requests to the distribution systems, the investments for capacity magnifying and evaluation of potential liquid benefit of measures of conservation and rational use of the water directed the reduction of the demanded average outflows. This research will be based in a scientific methodology that will stratify demand consumption samples in different modalities of housings, as well as in different social classes. (AU)