Análisis de la conducción de agua potable desde la planta La Esperanza hasta el tanque El Vergel

Abstract

Access to drinking water is a universal right, although not everyone now has access to it. In the city of Machala this service is permanently interrupted due to the multiple failures that occur in the system of pipes that lead and distribute drinking water. The drinking water consumed by the citizens of Machala comes from two sources: the Casacay river surface and 15 deep wells underground. The regional drinking water system provides approximately 35% of the total water that reaches the various sectors of the city. The conduction line, from the La Esperanza water treatment plant to the El Vergel tank, is the object of analysis regarding the pressure caused by the flow of water through the pipes, the factors addressed are: the calculation of friction losses , minor losses and the estimation of overpressures due to water hammer. Obtaining as a result that the damages and failures that have occurred in recent years are due to overpressures that occur between the abscissa 4 + 900 to 5 + 604 due to the manipulation of the butterfly valve located 3743 m from the water treatment plant. In addition, the relationship between asbestos fibers present in asbestos cement ducts with the generation of diseases in people who consume water transported by these ducts is addressed