Efficiency Analysis of Water Conservation Measures in Sanitary Infrastructure Systems by Means of a Systemic Approach

Karoline Richter, Daniel Costa dos Santos and Aloísio Leoni Schmid
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Karoline Richter: Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation, Postgraduate Program in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Parana 19011, Brazil
Daniel Costa dos Santos: Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation, Postgraduate Program in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Parana 19011, Brazil
Aloísio Leoni Schmid: Department of Architecture, Postgraduate Program in Civil Construction Engineering, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Parana 19011, Brazil

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 7, 1-19

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: urban water management; sanitary infrastructure systems; integrated approach; UWU model; strategic planning; synergy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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