Household smart water metering in Spain: Insights from the experience of remote meter reading in alicante

Hug March; Álvaro Francisco Morote; Antonio Manuel Rico; David Saurí

doi:10.3390/su9040582

Household smart water metering in Spain: Insights from the experience of remote meter reading in alicante

Hug March, Álvaro Francisco Morote, Antonio Manuel Rico, David Saurí

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Durant els últims anys, el paradigma de la ciutat intel·ligent ha influït en la gestió sostenible dels recursos hídrics urbans. Els esquemes de mesurament intel·ligents per a usuaris finals s'han convertit en una estratègia important perquè les empreses d'aigua tinguin un coneixement profund i detallat sobre l'ús urbà de l'aigua. A més de reduir certs costos laborals, com els relacionats amb la lectura manual dels comptadors, aquest flux d'informació detallada i contínua es diu que augmenta l'eficiència de la xarxa i millora la planificació de l'aigua en tenir patrons de demanda i previsions més detallades. La investigació centrada en aquestes iniciatives ha estat molt prolífica a països com Austràlia. No obstant això, s'ha prestat menys atenció acadèmica al desenvolupament del mesurament intel·ligent en altres geografies. Aquest document se centra en el mesurament intel·ligent d'aigua a Espanya i, més particularment, documenta i reflexiona sobre l'experiència de la ciutat d'Alacant (sud-est d'Espanya), un cas pioner de desplegament massiu de lectura remota dels comptadors d'aigua a nivell domèstic i per a grans clients urbans. A través de dades i entrevistes amb gestors d'aigua de l'empresa d'aigua, hem llançat llum sobre els costos i beneficis inicials, així com les potencialitats i problemes (inesperats) d'aquesta tecnologia per contribuir a cicles hídrics urbans més sostenibles. © 2017 by the authors

Idioma original	Anglès
Número d’article	582
Revista	Sustainability
Volum	9
Número	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su9040582
Estat de la publicació	Publicada - 11 d’abr. 2017

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Aquest resultat contribueix als següents objectius de desenvolupament sostenible.

ODG 6 – Aigua potable i sanejament
ODG 7 – Energia neta i assequible
ODG 11 – Ciutats i comunitats sostenibles

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