Avaliação de mecanismos poupadores de água como suporte ao planejamento urbano em Campina Grande-PB.

Abstract

This research evaluates the use of water savers equipment in vertical buildings, in order to minimize the impact of water demand increases over five years. The area studied is a district of Campina Grande city (PB) called Catolé. It is developed a survey of some reducing devices that could contribute to the water demand decrease in the studied buildings. Water Demand Management suggests that the use of water savers devices in buildings means water consumption decreasing. The main goal is to evaluate the reduction of the water use caused by water savers in residential buildings and try to establish parameters for the new buildings. Those parameters could support urban planning and helps to create ways and laws to minimize water consumption. Therefore, it was selected four different types of water savers devices and it was analyzed economics and efficiency aspects of implementation. Some scenarios were simulated for buildings unfinished (under construction) to evaluate the future water consumption. The results obtained show that the use of water savers devices can reduce 83,26% the water consumption in vertical buildings. Therefore, it has been conclude that is possible to minimize the water scarcity problem using management tools that can contribute to the rational use and also can improve conscious of the society about natural resources in urban areas.