ReWat

Descripció del Projecte

The ReWaT project arises from the need to save water and optimize the use of this resource among users in urban environments. For this purpose, regenerated water is considered as an alternative water source suitable to cover certain uses within the regulatory requirements and within the urban environment, which will decrease the pressure on the network water, releasing part of it resource for other purposes. One of the main barriers encountered in planning the use of reclaimed water is the difficulty of designing an optimal distribution network that can serve the main urban users and at the same time be the most efficient in the its spatial and operational deployment at the lowest possible cost. Therefore, the objective of the ReWaT project is to define and develop an algorithm for the optimal design of this type of network, which considers other external sources of data such as geographic, cadastral information, construction and operation costs, infrastructure existing, the supply and demand or the level of the land, among others. The results of the algorithm will be validated at two levels: through real case studies and through hydraulic models. An important part of the ReWaT project is the definition of the sensing and monitoring requirements that will be needed to guarantee the quality of the regenerated water at all times. Once defined, the ReWaT algorithm will also serve as a decision support tool for administrations and operating entities to plan and quantitatively assess the costs and benefits of implementing the network. It will also be a resource to make urban environments more resilient in episodes of drought or restrictions.