ANÁLISE DE DESPERDÍCIOS OPERACIONAIS EM SISTEMAS DE ABASTECIMENTO DE ÁGUA: Estudo de caso no município de Divisa Nova - MG

Abstract

One of the great challenges of the Water Supply Company is the adoption of technologies and practices for the rational use of water resources and control of real and apparent losses in its supply system. The reduction of these losses contributes to the efficiency of the supply systems. Thus, the objective of this work is to diagnose, quantify and demonstrate the financial impacts caused by indirect waste related to the loss of water distributed in Divisa Nova-MG. This is an exploratory research, based on the deductive method, adopting a mixed approach (qualitative / quantitative). The first stage of the research was characterized by the bibliographic survey carried out in the databases of primary and secondary sources, using the crossing of the descriptors: operational waste and water. The second stage of this research is characterized by an exploratory research, carried out through data collection in the National Sanitation Information System (SNIS), to which data were analyzed: water operational indicators, water information and financial information in the period from January to December 2018, in the municipality of Divisa Nova. Through this work it is concluded that in the municipality of Divisa Nova-MG the average loss index in the aforementioned year, was below the national average, standing at 22.77%. Although the index of the municipality under study is below the national average, it is still a very high percentage, since in addition to the waste of water, there is a waste of other items related to the treatment and pumping of treated water.