| Title |
Analysis of Wastewater Production to Implement Circular Economy Solutions in a Smart Cities University Campus Living Lab |
| ID_Doc |
3578 |
| Authors |
Aguilar, MGS; Rosillo, VML; Perez, COM; Arellano, MRM; Ramirez, JRB; Trejo, JAO |
| Title |
Analysis of Wastewater Production to Implement Circular Economy Solutions in a Smart Cities University Campus Living Lab |
| Year |
2019 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
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| Abstract |
The smart management of water resources needs to be addressed urgently, especially in "water-scarce" nations. Mexico not only is the eleventh most populated country in the world, but also has a higher urbanization rate than the global average. By 2010, seventy eight percent of inhabitants lived in cities; where the challenges of distributing resources to maintain a good quality of life still exist. Approximately eighty million Mexicans experience a lack of water provisioning for at least a month and twenty million citizens continue with severe shortages during more than half a year. Guadalajara is the second biggest city in Mexico and it has launched macro projects that have not met expectations. Therefore, this paper aims to propose a scalable solution, transforming traditional practices into Smart Cities ones. This analysis considers a circular economy model using information technologies to simulate the wastewater flows at the Living Lab of a University of Guadalajara Campus and evaluate the efficiency rate of two scenarios with a virtual bioreactor in comparison with published data of an existing treatment plant in Mexico City. |
| Author Keywords |
Smart cities; Water Management; Information Technologies; Bioreactor; Circular Economy |
| Index Keywords |
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| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S) |
| EID |
WOS:000848525400060 |
| WoS Category |
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Engineering, Multidisciplinary |
| Research Area |
Computer Science; Science & Technology - Other Topics; Engineering |
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