Efficiency Analysis of Water Conservation Measures in Sanitary Infrastructure Systems by Means of a Systemic Approach
| Autor: | Karoline Richter, Daniel Costa dos Santos, Aloísio Leoni Schmid |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0208 environmental biotechnology Geography Planning and Development Population Water supply TJ807-830 synergy urban water management 02 engineering and technology strategic planning 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 01 natural sciences Renewable energy sources Water conservation GE1-350 Drainage education Environmental planning 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common Strategic planning UWU model education.field_of_study Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Flooding (psychology) Overcrowding 020801 environmental engineering integrated approach Environmental sciences sanitary infrastructure systems Business Welfare |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 12 Issue 7 Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 3055, p 3055 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su12073055 |
| Popis: | The challenges of urban water management and sanitary infrastructure (water supply (WSS), sewage (SS), urban drainage (UDS) systems) are increasingly frequent in Brazilian cities whether as a combined result of overcrowding and/or a lack governmental interest and hence investments, in the sector. Such an increase in environmental pressure reflects directly on population welfare and well-being related to the availability of drinking water, wastewater treatment, and access to effective drainage systems in order to minimize, or at least reduce, the occurrence of urban flooding and associated public health risks. Thus, alternatives with an integrated approach to urban water management are interesting to the reality of countries such as Brazil. The urban water use (UWU) model is a strategic planning tool with integrated way of thinking, which selects measures to mitigate the urban impacts in sanitary infrastructure and buildings. In this sense, the objective of this research is to apply the UWU model in a case study in Curitiba/Brazil to demonstrate the effect of the systematic approach and its intrinsic synergies in the systems in question, promoting water conservation in urban areas. The results are favorable to integrated systems with synergy use, evidencing quantitatively a greater efficiency in them. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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