Análise das perdas no sistema de abastecimento de água de Barra do Garças

Abstract

Losses in public water supply systems are a recurrent problem in companies that provide this service. Characterized as all water that is treated and made available for consumption, but not billed by the company, losses are divided into: real losses, which are those related to the volume of water lost during the process, as a result of leaks that occur in the network not reaching the end consumer; and in apparent losses, these are associated with the volume of water that is consumed, but is not measured or billed due to water theft, measurement errors or failures in the company’s records. The objective of this work is to analyze the effectiveness of the water supply system in relation to water losses in the city of Barra do Garças – MT, based on three indicators provided by the National Sanitation Information System (SNIS) from 2010 to 2019, comparing the situation found with the panorama of the state od Mato Grosso, the Midwest region and Brazil. The data collected through the SNIS platform – Historical Series, were from companies similar to the service provider in question, which offer the services of water supply and sewage collection and treatment, which despite the particularities of each system, operate in a similar way, providing the same services.