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Improving water efficiency in a municipal indoor swimming-pool complex: a case study
| Resumo: | This study aimed to determine the water demand of a municipal swimming pool complex to propose water use efficiency measures. Concomitantly, the possibility of recycling and reusing the water from filter backwashing was evaluated. The pools consumed 25.6% of water, the filter backwashing 24.5%, and the showers 34.7%. Despite the current impossibility of reducing water consumption in pools and filter backwashing, it is feasible to promote more efficient use of water through reducing water consumption by adopting simple water-saving initiatives for showers, taps, and flushing cisterns. These were organized into three distinct scenarios: (a) flushing cistern volume adjustment and the replacement of washbasin and kitchen taps; (b) flushing cistern volume adjustment and shower replacement and (c) flushing cistern volume adjustment, shower, washbasin, and kitchen taps replacement. Under scenarios 1, 2, and 3, the water consumption reduction was 8.0, 13.2, and 20.4%, respectively. The initial investment for scenario 1 was €2290.5, €859.0 for scenario 2 and €3149.5 for scenario 3; the annual water bill reduction was €7115.4, €11,518.1, and €17,655.9, respectively. Therefore, the turnover of the investment was four (scenario 1), one (scenario 2), and three months (scenario 3). The filter washings attained the required standard for irrigation after being subjected to 15 h of sedimentation. |
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| Autores principais: | Silva, Flora |
| Outros Autores: | Geraldes, Ana Maria; Zavattieri, Carmem; Afonso, Maria João A.P.S.; Freire, Flávio; Albuquerque, António |
| Assunto: | Economic viability Filter wash-ings reuse Indoor municipal swimming pools Water efficiency |
| Ano: | 2021 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Instituto Politécnico de Bragança |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Biblioteca Digital do IPB |
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| author | Silva, Flora |
| author2 | Geraldes, Ana Maria Zavattieri, Carmem Afonso, Maria João A.P.S. Freire, Flávio Albuquerque, António |
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| author_facet | Silva, Flora Geraldes, Ana Maria Zavattieri, Carmem Afonso, Maria João A.P.S. Freire, Flávio Albuquerque, António |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Silva, Flora Geraldes, Ana Maria Zavattieri, Carmem Afonso, Maria João A.P.S. Freire, Flávio Albuquerque, António |
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| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Economic viability Filter wash-ings reuse Indoor municipal swimming pools Water efficiency |
| dc.title.fl_str_mv | Improving water efficiency in a municipal indoor swimming-pool complex: a case study |
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| description | This study aimed to determine the water demand of a municipal swimming pool complex to propose water use efficiency measures. Concomitantly, the possibility of recycling and reusing the water from filter backwashing was evaluated. The pools consumed 25.6% of water, the filter backwashing 24.5%, and the showers 34.7%. Despite the current impossibility of reducing water consumption in pools and filter backwashing, it is feasible to promote more efficient use of water through reducing water consumption by adopting simple water-saving initiatives for showers, taps, and flushing cisterns. These were organized into three distinct scenarios: (a) flushing cistern volume adjustment and the replacement of washbasin and kitchen taps; (b) flushing cistern volume adjustment and shower replacement and (c) flushing cistern volume adjustment, shower, washbasin, and kitchen taps replacement. Under scenarios 1, 2, and 3, the water consumption reduction was 8.0, 13.2, and 20.4%, respectively. The initial investment for scenario 1 was €2290.5, €859.0 for scenario 2 and €3149.5 for scenario 3; the annual water bill reduction was €7115.4, €11,518.1, and €17,655.9, respectively. Therefore, the turnover of the investment was four (scenario 1), one (scenario 2), and three months (scenario 3). The filter washings attained the required standard for irrigation after being subjected to 15 h of sedimentation. |
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| spellingShingle | Improving water efficiency in a municipal indoor swimming-pool complex: a case study Silva, Flora Economic viability Filter wash-ings reuse Indoor municipal swimming pools Water efficiency |
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| title | Improving water efficiency in a municipal indoor swimming-pool complex: a case study |
| title_full | Improving water efficiency in a municipal indoor swimming-pool complex: a case study |
| title_fullStr | Improving water efficiency in a municipal indoor swimming-pool complex: a case study |
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| topic | Economic viability Filter wash-ings reuse Indoor municipal swimming pools Water efficiency |
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