“Rediseño de la obra de captación, línea de conducción, reservorio y planta de tratamiento para el sistema de agua potable de la Comunidad San Vicente de Andoas, cantón Pedro Vicente Maldonado, provincia de Pichincha”

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to redesign the potable water supply system for the San Vicente de Andoas Community, located in the Pedro Vicente Maldonado canton. Currently, the Community works with a supply system which presents problems, among them the main problem is the obstruction of the pumping tank due to sediments in the rainy season. For the redesign of the new water supply system, technical design standards will be taken into account in order to meet quality and efficiency standards. A direct meeting was held with the legal representatives of the community, in which they told us about the problems and requirements, and they also provided us with the necessary information for our project such as: population, water quality analysis and socioeconomic problems. Two proposals were made to improve the water catchment system, a catchment system with a horizontal grate and a catchment system with a vertical grid grate. It was concluded that the system that is most convenient and beneficial for the community is a horizontal grid or grate system due to costs and ease of construction. In addition, the design of a settling tank was carried out to avoid obstruction in the pumping tank and a new conduction line was redesigned. Finally, a new storage tank was designed to consider the future increase in the communities population. An operation and maintenance manual for the designed works and an environmental impact study were also taken into account to know the positive and negative impacts of the execution. Finally, a technical-economic analysis was carried out to know the feasibility of the project, which gave us as a result that the project is both cost effective and beneficial.